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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# author: deadc0de6 (https://github.com/deadc0de6)
+# Copyright (c) 2020, deadc0de6
+#
+# test chmod on install
+# with files and directories
+# with different link
+#
+
+# exit on first error
+set -e
+
+# all this crap to get current path
+rl="readlink -f"
+if ! ${rl} "${0}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  rl="realpath"
+
+  if ! hash ${rl}; then
+    echo "\"${rl}\" not found !" && exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+cur=$(dirname "$(${rl} "${0}")")
+
+#hash dotdrop >/dev/null 2>&1
+#[ "$?" != "0" ] && echo "install dotdrop to run tests" && exit 1
+
+#echo "called with ${1}"
+
+# dotdrop path can be pass as argument
+ddpath="${cur}/../"
+[ "${1}" != "" ] && ddpath="${1}"
+[ ! -d ${ddpath} ] && echo "ddpath \"${ddpath}\" is not a directory" && exit 1
+
+export PYTHONPATH="${ddpath}:${PYTHONPATH}"
+bin="python3 -m dotdrop.dotdrop"
+hash coverage 2>/dev/null && bin="coverage run -a --source=dotdrop -m dotdrop.dotdrop" || true
+
+echo "dotdrop path: ${ddpath}"
+echo "pythonpath: ${PYTHONPATH}"
+
+# get the helpers
+source ${cur}/helpers
+
+echo -e "$(tput setaf 6)==> RUNNING $(basename $BASH_SOURCE) <==$(tput sgr0)"
+
+################################################################
+# this is the test
+################################################################
+
+# the dotfile source
+tmps=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+mkdir -p ${tmps}/dotfiles
+# the dotfile destination
+tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+#echo "dotfile destination: ${tmpd}"
+
+# create the config file
+cfg="${tmps}/config.yaml"
+
+echo 'f777' > ${tmps}/dotfiles/f777
+echo 'link' > ${tmps}/dotfiles/link
+mkdir -p ${tmps}/dotfiles/dir
+echo "f1" > ${tmps}/dotfiles/dir/f1
+
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+dotfiles:
+  f_f777:
+    src: f777
+    dst: ${tmpd}/f777
+    chmod: 777
+  f_link:
+    src: link
+    dst: ${tmpd}/link
+    chmod: 777
+    link: link
+  d_dir:
+    src: dir
+    dst: ${tmpd}/dir
+    chmod: 777
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_f777
+    - f_link
+    - d_dir
+_EOF
+#cat ${cfg}
+
+# install
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -c ${cfg} -f -p p1 -V ${i}
+
+mode=`stat -c '%a' "${tmpd}/f777"`
+[ "${mode}" != "777" ] && echo "bad mode for f777" && exit 1
+
+mode=`stat -c '%a' "${tmpd}/link"`
+[ "${mode}" != "777" ] && echo "bad mode for link" && exit 1
+
+mode=`stat -c '%a' "${tmpd}/dir"`
+[ "${mode}" != "777" ] && echo "bad mode for dir" && exit 1
+
+## CLEANING
+rm -rf ${tmps} ${tmpd}
+
+echo "OK"
+exit 0