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# Specl specifications for APIs in lposix.c
#
# Specifications are topographically sorted, with fundamental calls specified
# at the top of the file, and calls with dependencies on correct functioning
# of earlier specifications further down.
#
# If you get a series of failed expectations, fixing the earliest failures
# first will often clear up later failures automatically!

before:
  hell = require "specl.shell"

specify lposix:
- before: |
    posix = require "posix_c"
    files, getenv, stat = posix.files, posix.getenv, posix.stat

    bit = bit32 or require "bit"
    band, bnot, bor = bit.band, bit.bnot, bit.bor

    -- Use a consistent template for all temporary files.
    TMPDIR = getenv ("TMPDIR") or "/tmp"
    template = TMPDIR .. "/luaposix-test-XXXXXX"

    -- Allow comparison against the error message of a function call result.
    function Emsg (_, msg) return msg or "" end

    -- Collect stdout from a shell command, and strip surrounding whitespace.
    function cmd_output (cmd)
      return hell.spawn (cmd).output:gsub ("^%s+", ""):gsub ("%s+$", "")
    end

    -- Recursively remove a temporary directory.
    function rmtmp (dir)
      for f in files (dir) do
        if f ~= "." and f ~= ".." then
          path = dir .. "/" .. f
          if stat (path, "type") == "directory" then
            rmtmp (path)
          else
            os.remove (path)
          end
        end
      end
    end

    -- Create an empty file at PATH.
    function touch (path) io.open (path, "w+"):close () end

- describe version:
  - before:
      version = posix.version
  - it is set:
      expect (version).should_not_be (nil)

- describe uname:
  - before:
      uname = posix.uname
  - "it substitutes %n":
      expect (uname "%n").should_be (cmd_output "uname -n")
  - "it substitutes %m":
      expect (uname "%m").should_be (cmd_output "uname -m")
  - "it substitutes %r":
      expect (uname "%r").should_be (cmd_output "uname -r")
  - it outputs everything with no arguments:
      expect (uname ()).should_be (cmd_output "uname -s -n -r -v -m")

- context terminal:
  - describe ttyname:
    - before:
        ttyname = posix.ttyname
    - it takes a file descriptor argument:
        expect (ttyname (2)).should_contain.any_of {"pts", "tty"}
    - it returns a string:
        expect (type (ttyname (1))).should_be "string"
    - it defaults the first argument to 0:
        expect (ttyname ()).should_be (ttyname (0))

  - describe ctermid:
    - before:
        ctermid = posix.ctermid
    - it returns the pathname of the controlling terminal:
        expect (ctermid ()).should_match.any_of {"/.*pts.*", "/.*tty.*"}

  - describe openpt:
    - before:
        grantpt, openpt, ptsname, stat, unlockpt =
          posix.grantpt, posix.openpt, posix.ptsname, posix.stat, posix.unlockpt
        open, close = posix.open, posix.close
        O_RDWR, O_NOCTTY = posix.O_RDWR, posix.O_NOCTTY
    - it can create a pseudoterminal: |
        masterfd = openpt (bor (O_RDWR, O_NOCTTY))
        expect (type (masterfd)).should_be "number"
        expect (masterfd > 0).should_be (true)
        expect (Emsg (grantpt (masterfd))).should_be ""
        expect (Emsg (unlockpt (masterfd))).should_be ""
        slavename = ptsname (masterfd)
        expect (stat (slavename, "type")).should_be "character device"
        slavefd = open (slavename, bor (O_RDWR, O_NOCTTY))
        expect (type (slavefd)).should_be "number"
        expect (slavefd > 0).should_be (true)
        close (slavefd)
        close (masterfd)

- context process environment:
  - before:
      getenv, setenv = posix.getenv, posix.setenv

  - describe getenv:
    - it fetches a table of process environment variables: |
        volatile = { _ = true, LUA_PATH = true, SHLVL = true, }
        for k,v in pairs (getenv ()) do
           if not volatile[k] then
             expect (hell.spawn ('echo "' .. k .. '=$' .. k .. '"')).should_contain_output (k.."="..v)
           end
        end
    - it fetches a named process environment variable:
        expect (getenv "USER").should_be (cmd_output ('echo "$USER"'))
        expect (getenv "HOME").should_be (cmd_output ('echo "$HOME"'))
        expect (getenv "SHELL").should_be (cmd_output ('echo "$SHELL"'))
    - it returns nil for an absent environment setting:
        expect (getenv "very_unlikely_to_be_set").should_be (nil)

  - describe setenv:
    - it sets a new value in the process environment:
        setenv ("MYVAR", "123")
        expect (getenv "MYVAR").should_be "123"
        setenv ("MYVAR", nil)
        expect (getenv "MYVAR").should_be (nil)

- context process handling:
  - before:
      nice, execp, fork, getpid, wait =
        posix.nice, posix.execp, posix.fork, posix.getpid, posix.wait
      P_CHILD = 0

  - describe nice:
    - it adjusts the process priority:
        old = nice (1)
        expect (old).should_not_be (nil)
        new = nice (2)
        expect (new).should_be (old + 2)
        expect (nice (-1)).should_be (nil)

  - describe fork:
    - it copies itself to a new child process:
        process, status = fork (), 67
        if process == P_CHILD then
          pid, ppid = getpid "pid", getpid "ppid"
          expect (ppid).should_be (process)
          expect (ppid).should_not_be (pid)
          os.exit (status)
        else
          p, msg, ret = wait (process)
          expect (p).should_be (process)
          expect (msg).should_be "exited"
          expect (ret).should_be (status)
        end

  - describe exec:

  - describe execp:
    - before:
        # redirect output to /dev/null
        dup2, open, O_WRONLY, O_APPEND =
          posix.dup2, posix.open, posix.O_WRONLY, posix.O_APPEND
        function child (...)
          quietly = open ("/dev/null", bor (O_WRONLY, O_APPEND))
          dup2 (quietly, 1)
          execp (...)
          expect ("not reached").should_be (true)
        end
    - it overwrites the running process with a shell invocation:
        process = fork ()
        if process == P_CHILD then
          child ("date", "+[%c]")
        else
          p, msg, ret = wait (process)
          expect (table.concat {msg, " ", tostring (ret)}).should_be "exited 0"
        end
    - it accepts a table of arguments:
        process = fork ()
        if process == P_CHILD then
          child ("date", {"+[%c]"})
        else
          p, msg, ret = wait (process)
          expect (table.concat {msg, " ", tostring (ret)}).should_be "exited 0"
        end
    - "it sets argv[0]":

  - describe pipe:
    - before:
        pipe, read, write = posix.pipe, posix.read, posix.write
    - it creates a pipe:
        pout, pin = pipe ()
        expect (pout > 0).should_be (true)
        expect (pin > 0).should_be (true)
    - it can buffer characters:
        pout, pin = pipe ()
        data = "test characters"
        write (pin, data)
        expect (read (pout, data:len ())).should_be (data)

- context temporary files:
  - before:
      mkdtemp, mkstemp, stat = posix.mkdtemp, posix.mkstemp, posix.stat

  - describe mkdtemp:
    - it creates a temporary directory from a template:
        dir, errmsg = mkdtemp (template)
        expect (dir).should_not_be (nil)
        expect (stat (dir, "type")).should_be "directory"
        expect (stat (dir, "mode")).should_be "rwx------"
        rmtmp (dir)

  - describe mkstemp:
    - before:
        close, isatty, open, read, write, O_RDONLY =
          posix.close, posix.isatty, posix.open, posix.read, posix.write, posix.O_RDONLY
        fd, path = mkstemp (template)
    - after:
        close (fd)
        os.remove (path)
    - it creates a temporary file from a template:
        expect (fd).should_not_be (nil)
        write (fd, "12345")
        expect (isatty (fd)).should_not_be (true)
        expect (stat (path, "type")).should_be "regular"
        expect (stat (path, "mode")).should_be "rw-------"
        expect (stat (path, "size")).should_be (5)
        fd2 = open (path, O_RDONLY)
        expect (read (fd2, 5)).should_be "12345"
        close (fd2)
    - it creates a new temporary file on each call:
        fd2, another = mkstemp (template)
        expect (fd2).should_not_be (fd)
        expect (another).should_not_be (path)
        close (fd2)
        os.remove (another)

- context disk synchronisation:
  - describe sync:
  - describe fsync:
  - describe fdatasync:

- context file handling:
  - before:
      link, mkdir, mkdtemp = posix.link, posix.mkdir, posix.mkdtemp
      dir, errmsg = mkdtemp (template)
      mkdir (dir .. "/subdir")
      link ("subdir", dir .. "/soft", true)
      touch (dir .. "/file")
      link (dir .. "/file", dir .. "/hard")
  - after:
      rmtmp (dir)

  - describe access:
    - before:
        access = posix.access
        touch "xxx"
    - after:
        os.remove "xxx"
    - it checks whether a file is visible to the real user:
        expect (Emsg (access ("xxx", "f"))).should_be ""
    - it checks whether a file is readable by the real user:
        expect (Emsg (access ("xxx", "r"))).should_be ""
    - it checks whether a file is writable by the real user:
        expect (Emsg (access ("xxx", "w"))).should_be ""
    - "it defaults to 'f' with no mode argument":
        expect (access ("xxx")).should_be (access ("xxx", "f"))
    - it diagnoses missing files:
        os.remove "xxx"
        expect (Emsg (access "xxx")).should_contain "No such file or directory"

  - describe files:
    - before:
        files = posix.files
    - it returns a table of files in the given directory:
        t = {}
        for f in files (dir) do
          table.insert (t, f)
        end
        table.sort (t)
        expect (t).should_equal {".", "..", "file", "hard", "soft", "subdir"}

  - describe stat:
    - before:
        # choose a format without seconds, that won't cause a race condition
        fmt = "%b %d %H:%M"
        getpid, stat = posix.getpid, posix.stat
    - it fetches the file inode:
        expect (stat (dir .. "/hard").ino).should_be (stat (dir .. "/file").ino)
    - it fetches the file type:
        expect (stat (dir).type).should_be "directory"
        expect (stat (dir .. "/file", "type")).should_be "regular"
        expect (stat (dir .. "/soft", "type")).should_be "link"
        expect (stat (dir .. "/hard", "type")).should_be "regular"
    - it fetches the file size:
        # skip directory size, which is system dependent
        expect (stat (dir .. "/file").size).should_be (0)
        expect (stat (dir .. "/soft", "size")).should_be (string.len ("subdir"))
        expect (stat (dir .. "/hard", "size")).
          should_be (stat (dir .. "/file", "size"))
    - it fetches the file access time:
        expect (os.date (fmt, stat (dir .. "/file", "atime"))).
          should_be (os.date (fmt))
    - it fetches the file modification time:
        expect (os.date (fmt, stat (dir .. "/file", "mtime"))).
          should_be (os.date (fmt))
    - it fetches the file creation time:
        expect (os.date (fmt, stat (dir .. "/file", "ctime"))).
          should_be (os.date (fmt))
    - it fetches the file access mode:
        expect (stat (dir .. "/file").mode).should_match ("^[-rwx]+$")
        expect (stat (dir .. "/subdir", "mode")).should_match ("^[-rwx]+$")
    - it fetches the number of links:
        expect (stat (dir .. "/file").nlink).should_be (2)
        expect (stat (dir .. "/soft", "nlink")).should_be (1)
        expect (stat (dir .. "/hard", "nlink")).
          should_be (stat (dir .. "/file", "nlink"))
        expect (stat (dir .. "/subdir", "nlink")).should_be (2)
    - it fetches the owner id:
        expect (stat (dir .. "/file").uid).should_be (getpid "euid")
        expect (stat (dir .. "/subdir", "uid")).should_be (getpid "euid")
    - it fetches the owner group id:
    - it fetches a subtable of named fields:
        expect ({stat (dir .. "/file", "type", "mtime", "nlink")}).
          should_equal {"regular", posix.time (), 2}
    - it fetches everything without an argument:
        t = stat (dir .. "/file")
        for k, v in pairs (t) do
          expect (t[k]).should_be (stat (dir .. "/file", k))
        end

  - describe statvfs:
    - before:
        statvfs = posix.statvfs
    - it fetches statistics for a mounted file system:
        st = statvfs "/"
        expect (type (st)).should_be "table"
        expect (st.bsize).should_be (statvfs ("/", "bsize"))
        for _, field in pairs {"bsize", "frsize", "blocks", "bfree", "bavail",
                               "files", "ffree", "favail", "flag", "namemax"}
        do
          expect (type (st[field])).should_be "number"
          expect (st[field] >= 0).should_be (true)
        end
    - it returns a non-negative value from fsid: |
        -- Merge this back into the previous example when #102 is fixed
        st = statvfs "/"
        pending "issue #102"
        expect (st[field] >= 0).should_be (true)

  - describe umask:
    - before:
        umask = posix.umask
        saved = umask ()
        umask "rwxr-x---"
    - after:
        umask (saved)
    - it returns current umask:
        expect (umask ()).should_be "rwxr-x---"
    - "it sets attributes with '='":
        expect (umask "a=r").should_be "r--r--r--"
    - "it adds attributes with '+'":
        expect (umask "g+w").should_be "rwxrwx---"
    - "it removes attributes with '-'":
        expect (umask "u-r").should_be "-wxr-x---"
    - it accepts comma separated attribute specifications:
        expect (umask "a+r,g+w,u-x").should_be "rw-rwxr--"
    - it controls the mode of newly created files:
        xxx, mode = dir .. "/xxx", "rw--w-r--"
        umask (mode)
        touch (xxx)
        expect (stat (xxx, "mode")).should_be (mode)
        os.remove (xxx)

  - describe chmod:
    - before:
        chmod, stat = posix.chmod, posix.stat
        touch "xxx"
        chmod ("xxx", "rwxr-x---")
    - after:
        os.remove "xxx"
    - it sets file mode with longhand mode string:
        mode = "rw---xr--"
        expect (Emsg (chmod ("xxx", mode))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mode")).should_be (mode)
    - "it sets attributes with '='":
        expect (Emsg (chmod ("xxx", "o=w"))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mode")).should_be "rwxr-x-w-"
    - "it adds attributes with '+'":
        expect (Emsg (chmod ("xxx", "g+w"))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mode")).should_be "rwxrwx---"
    - "it removes attributes with '-'":
        expect (Emsg (chmod ("xxx",  "u-r"))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mode")).should_be "-wxr-x---"
    - it accepts comma separated attribute specifications:
        expect (Emsg (chmod ("xxx", "a+x,g+w,u-w"))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mode")).should_be "r-xrwx--x"
    - it diagnoses missing files:
        os.remove "xxx"
        expect (Emsg (chmod ("xxx", "a=rwx"))).should_contain "No such file or directory"

  - describe utime:
    - before:
        stat, utime = posix.stat, posix.utime
        touch "xxx"
    - after:
        os.remove "xxx"
    - it sets the last file modification time:
        mtime = stat ("/etc", "mtime")
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mtime")).should_not_equal (mtime)
        expect (Emsg (utime ("xxx", mtime))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "mtime")).should_equal (mtime)
    - it sets the last file access time:
        atime = stat ("/etc", "atime")
        expect (stat ("xxx", "atime")).should_not_equal (atime)
        expect (Emsg (utime ("xxx", nil, atime))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx", "atime")).should_equal (atime)

  - describe link:
    - before:
        link, stat = posix.link, posix.stat
        touch "xxx"
    - after:
        os.remove "xxx"
    - it creates hard links:
        expect (Emsg (link ("xxx", "xxx-hard"))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx-hard", "ino")).should_be (stat ("xxx", "ino"))
        os.remove "xxx-hard"
    - it creates soft links:
        expect (Emsg (link ("xxx", "xxx-soft", true))).should_be ""
        expect (stat ("xxx-soft", "type")).should_be "link"
        os.remove "xxx-soft"

  - describe lseek:
    - before:
        close, lseek, open, read, write =
          posix.close, posix.lseek, posix.open, posix.read, posix.write
        SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END =
          posix.SEEK_SET, posix.SEEK_CUR, posix.SEEK_END

    - it changes the current position of a file descriptor:
        _, path = posix.mkstemp (template)
        fd = open (path, posix.O_RDWR)
        expect (fd).should_not_be (nil)
        write (fd, "0123456789")
        lseek (fd, 3, SEEK_SET)
        expect (read (fd, 3)).should_be "345"
        lseek (fd, -2, SEEK_CUR)
        expect (read (fd, 3)).should_be "456"
        lseek (fd, -5, SEEK_END)
        expect (read (fd, 3)).should_be "567"
        close (fd)
        os.remove (path)

- context directory handling:
  - before:
      basename, chdir, dirname, getcwd, mkdir, rmdir =
        posix.basename, posix.chdir, posix.dirname, posix.getcwd, posix.mkdir, posix.rmdir
      cwd = getcwd ()
  - after:
      chdir (cwd)
      pcall (rmdir, "x")

  - describe basename:
    - it returns a path without leading directories:
        expect (basename "/foo/bar").should_be "bar"

  - describe dirname:
    - it return a path without final element:
        expect (dirname "/foo/bar").should_be "/foo"

  - describe mkdir:
    - it creates the named directory:
        expect (Emsg (mkdir "x")).should_not_contain "exists"
        expect (Emsg (chdir "x")).should_not_contain "No such flle or directory"
    - it diagnoses already existing directory:
        expect (Emsg (mkdir ".")).should_contain "exists"

  - describe rmdir:
    - it removes the named directory:
        mkdir "x"
        expect (Emsg (rmdir "x")).should_not_contain "No such file or directory"
    - it diagnoses missing directory:
        expect (Emsg (rmdir ".")).should_contain "Invalid argument"

  - describe chdir:
    - it changes to a relative directory:
        thisdir = basename (getcwd ())
        expect (Emsg (chdir ("../" .. thisdir))).
          should_not_contain "No such file or directory"
        expect (Emsg (chdir "..")).should_not_contain "No such file or directory"
    - it changes to an absolute directory:
        expect (Emsg (chdir "/var/tmp/")).
          should_not_contain "No such file or directory"
    - it diagnoses missing directory:
        expect (Emsg (chdir "very_unlikely_to_exist")).
          should_contain "No such file or directory"
    - it diagnoses insufficient permissions:
        mkdir "x"
        posix.chmod ("x", "a-rwx")
        expect (Emsg (chdir "x")).
          should_contain "Permission denied"
        rmdir "x"

  - describe getcwd:
    - it returns the current directory path:
        expect (getcwd ()).should_be (cmd_output "pwd")
    - it diagnoses missing directory:
        mkdir "x"
        chdir "x"
        rmdir "../x"
        expect (Emsg (getcwd ())).should_contain "No such file or directory"

- context file globbing:
  - before:
      fnmatch, FNM_PATHNAME, FNM_PERIOD =
        posix.fnmatch, posix.FNM_PATHNAME, posix.FNM_PERIOD

  - describe fnmatch:
    - it matches a file path against itself:
        expect (fnmatch ("test", "test")).should_be (true)
    - "it matches * against any filename characters":
        expect (fnmatch ("tes*", "test")).should_be (true)
        expect (fnmatch ("tes*", "test2")).should_be (true)
        expect (fnmatch ("*t*", "test")).should_be (true)
    - "it matches ? against a single filename character":
        expect (fnmatch ("tes?", "test")).should_be (true)
        expect (fnmatch ("t???", "test")).should_be (true)
        expect (fnmatch ("tes?", "tes")).should_be (false)
        expect (fnmatch ("tes?", "test2")).should_be (false)
    - "it doesn't match path separators with FNM_PATHNAME":
        expect (fnmatch ("*test", "/test")).should_be (true)
        expect (fnmatch ("*test", "/test", FNM_PATHNAME)).should_be (false)
    - "it doesn't match periods with FNM_PERIOD":
        expect (fnmatch ("*test", ".test")).should_be (true)
        expect (fnmatch ("*test", ".test", FNM_PERIOD)).should_be (false)

  - describe glob:
    - before: |
        chdir, glob, mkdtemp = posix.chdir, posix.glob, posix.mkdtemp
    - it matches files in the given directory:
        dir = mkdtemp (template)
        touch (dir .. "/test.1")
        touch (dir .. "/test.2")
        touch (dir .. "/extra_file")
        chdir (dir)
        globlist, errmsg = glob "test.*"
        expect (errmsg).should_be (nil)
        expect (type (globlist)).should_be "table"
        rmtmp (dir)

- describe getpasswd:
  - before:
      getenv, getpasswd, getpid = posix.getenv, posix.getpasswd, posix.getpid
      user = getpasswd ((getenv "USER"), "name")
      root = getpasswd (0, "name")
  - it fetches the user uid:
      expect (getpasswd (user).uid).should_be (getpid "uid")
      expect (getpasswd (root, "uid")).should_be (0)
  - it fetches the user name:
      expect (getpasswd (user).name).should_be (user)
      expect (getpasswd (0, "name")).should_be (root)
      expect (getpasswd (root, "name")).should_be (root)
  - it fetches the user gid:
      expect (getpasswd (user).gid).should_be (getpid "gid")
      expect (getpasswd (0, "gid")).should_be (0)
      expect (getpasswd (root, "gid")).should_be (0)
  - it fetches the user password:
      expect (getpasswd (user).passwd).should_match.any_of {"x", "%*+"}
      expect (getpasswd (0, "passwd")).should_match.any_of {"x", "%*+"}
      expect (getpasswd (root, "passwd")).should_match.any_of {"x", "%*+"}
  - it fetches the user home directory:
      expect (getpasswd (user, "dir")).should_be (getenv "HOME")
  - it fetches the user shell:
      expect (getpasswd (user, "shell")).should_be (getenv "SHELL")
  - it fetches a subtable of named fields:
      expect ({getpasswd (user, "name", "shell", "dir")}).
        should_equal {user, getenv "SHELL", getenv "HOME"}
  - it fetches everything without an argument:
      t = getpasswd (user)
      for k, v in pairs (t) do
        expect (t[k]).should_be (getpasswd (user, k))
      end

- context system configuration:
  - describe pathconf:
    - before:
        pathconf = posix.pathconf
    - it returns whether chown can be used on the given file:
        expect (type (pathconf ().CHOWN_RESTRICTED)).should_be "number"
        expect (pathconf (".", "CHOWN_RESTRICTED") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum number of links to the given file:
        expect (type (pathconf ().LINK_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (pathconf (".", "LINK_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum formatted line input length for a tty: |
        -- not passing a tty, so should return -1
        expect (type (pathconf ().MAX_CANON)).should_be "number"
        pending "issue #102"
        expect (pathconf (".", "MAX_CANON")).should_be (-1)
    - it fetches the maximum raw line input length for a tty: |
        -- not passing a tty, so should return -1
        expect (type (pathconf ().MAX_INPUT)).should_be "number"
        pending "issue #102"
        expect (pathconf (".", "MAX_INPUT")).should_be (-1)
    - it fetches the maximum filename length in this directory:
        expect (type (pathconf ().NAME_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (pathconf (".", "NAME_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches whether accessing overlong filenames is an error:
        expect (type (pathconf ().NO_TRUNC)).should_be "number"
        expect (pathconf (".", "NO_TRUNC") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum relative path length from this directory:
        expect (type (pathconf ().PATH_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (pathconf (".", "PATH_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the size of the pipe buffer:
        expect (type (pathconf ().PIPE_BUF)).should_be "number"
        expect (pathconf (".", "PIPE_BUF") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches whether special character processing can be disabled: |
        -- not passing a tty, so should return -1
        expect (type (pathconf ().VDISABLE)).should_be "number"
        pending "issue #102"
        expect (pathconf (".", "VDISABLE")).should_be (-1)
    - it fetches a subtable of named fields:
        expect ({pathconf (".", "VDISABLE", "NAME_MAX")}).
          should_equal {pathconf (".", "VDISABLE"), pathconf (".", "NAME_MAX")}
    - it fetches everything without an argument:
        t = pathconf ()
        for k, v in pairs (t) do
          expect (t[k]).should_be (pathconf (".", k))
        end

  - describe sysconf:
    - before:
        sysconf = posix.sysconf
    - it fetches the maximum number of exec arguments:
        expect (type (sysconf ().ARG_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("ARG_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the number processes per user:
        expect (type (sysconf ().CHILD_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("CHILD_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the number of clock ticks per second:
        expect (type (sysconf ().CLK_TCK)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("CLK_TCK") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the job control version:
        expect (type (sysconf ().JOB_CONTROL)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("JOB_CONTROL") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum number of groups:
        expect (type (sysconf ().NGROUPS_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("NGROUPS_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum number of open descriptors:
        expect (type (sysconf ().OPEN_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("OPEN_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the number of saved ids:
        expect (type (sysconf ().SAVED_IDS)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("SAVED_IDS") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum number of open streams:
        expect (type (sysconf ().STREAM_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("STREAM_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the maximum length of a timezone name:
        expect (type (sysconf ().TZNAME_MAX)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("TZNAME_MAX") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - "it fetches the POSIX.1 version":
        expect (type (sysconf ().VERSION)).should_be "number"
        expect (sysconf ("VERSION") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches a subtable of named fields:
        expect ({sysconf ("VERSION", "ARG_MAX", "OPEN_MAX")}).
          should_equal {sysconf "VERSION", sysconf "ARG_MAX", sysconf "OPEN_MAX"}
    - it fetches everything without an argument:
        t = sysconf ()
        for k, v in pairs (t) do
          expect (t[k]).should_be (sysconf (k))
        end

- describe crypt:
  - before:
      crypt = posix.crypt
      key, salt = "hello", "pl"
  - "it can perform repeatable one-way hashing":
      hash = crypt (key, salt)
      expect (crypt (key, salt)).should_be (hash)
  - it encrypts differently for a different salt:
      expect (crypt (key, salt)).should_not_equal (crypt (key, "/."))

- context time accounting:
  - describe times:
    - before:
        table.unpack = table.unpack or unpack
        times = posix.times
    - it fetches the user time:
        expect (type (times ().utime)).should_be "number"
        expect (times ("utime") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the system time:
        expect (type (times ().stime)).should_be "number"
        expect (times ("stime") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the children user time:
        expect (type (times ().cutime)).should_be "number"
        expect (times ("cutime") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the children system time:
        expect (type (times ().cstime)).should_be "number"
        expect (times ("cstime") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches the elapsed time:
        expect (type (times ().elapsed)).should_be "number"
        expect (times ("elapsed") >= 0).should_be (true)
    - it fetches a subtable of named fields: |
        keys = {"utime", "cutime"}
        t = {times (table.unpack (keys))}
        pending "API inconsistency, issue #107"
        expect (t).should_contain.all_of (keys)
        for _, v in ipairs (keys) do
          expect (type (t[v])).should_be "number"
        end
    - it fetches everything without an argument:
        keys = {"utime", "stime", "cutime", "cstime", "elapsed"}
        t = times ()
        expect (t).should_contain.all_of (keys)
        for _, v in ipairs (keys) do
          expect (type (t[v])).should_be "number"
        end

  - describe gettimeofday:
    - before:
        gettimeofday = posix.gettimeofday
    - it fetches the current epoch time:
        t = gettimeofday ()
        expect (t.sec).should_be (posix.time ())
        expect (type (t.usec)).should_be "number"
        expect (t.usec >= 0).should_be (true)

- describe message queues:
  - before: |
      msgget, msgsnd, msgrcv = posix.msgget, posix.msgsnd, posix.msgrcv
      IPC_CREAT, IPC_EXCL = posix.IPC_CREAT, posix.IPC_EXCL
      EEXIST = posix.EEXIST

      mode = "rwxrwxrwx"
      mq, err, errnum = msgget (100, bor (IPC_CREAT, IPC_EXCL), mode)
      if errnum == EEXIST then
        mq, err = msgget (100, 0, mode)
      end

      type = 42
      data = "Answer to the Ultime Question of Life"
  - it creates a queue with msgget:
      expect (mq).should_not_be (err)
  - it sends a message with msgsnd:
      ok, err = msgsnd (mq, type, data)
      expect (ok).should_not_be (err)
  - it receives a message with msgrcv:
      expect ({msgrcv (mq, 128)}).should_equal {type, data, nil}

- describe socket handling:
  - before:
      bind, setsockopt, socket = posix.bind, posix.setsockopt, posix.socket
      recvfrom, sendto = posix.recvfrom, posix.sendto
      AF_INET, AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM = posix.AF_INET, posix.AF_INET6, posix.SOCK_DGRAM
      SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO = posix.SOL_SOCKET, posix.SO_RCVTIMEO
  - it communicates with IPV4 and IPV6 over loopback: |
      fd = socket (AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)
      expect (type (fd)).should_be "number"
      expect (fd >= 0).should_be (true)

      expect (setsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, 1, 0)).should_be (0)

      pending "returning `true` is NOT a minimal binding!"
      expect (bind (fd, { family = AF_INET6, addr = "::", port = 9999 })).
        should_be (0)

      pending "issue #92"
      expect (sendto (fd, "Test ipv4", { family = AF_INET, addr = "127.0.0.1", port = 9999 })).should_be (9)

      data, so = recvfrom (fd, 1024)
      expect (data).should_be "Test ipv4"

- context file locks:
  - before: |
      F_GETLK, F_SETLK, F_SETLKW = posix.F_GETLK, posix.F_SETLK, posix.F_SETLKW
      F_RDLCK, F_WRLCK, F_UNLCK = posix.F_RDLCK, posix.F_WRLCK, posix.F_UNLCK
      SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END = posix.SEEK_SET, posix.SEEK_CUR, posix.SEEK_END
      fcntl = posix.fcntl

  - describe lock-related constants:
    - it has all needed constants: |
        expect (type (F_GETLK)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (F_SETLK)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (F_SETLKW)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (F_RDLCK)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (F_WRLCK)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (F_UNLCK)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (SEEK_SET)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (SEEK_CUR)).should_be "number"
        expect (type (SEEK_END)).should_be "number"

  - describe file locks with fcntl:
    - before: |
        mkstemp, open, close = posix.mkstemp, posix.open, posix.close
        fork, wait, errno = posix.fork, posix.wait, posix.errno
        O_RDWR, EAGAIN, EACCES = posix.O_RDWR, posix.EAGAIN, posix.EACCES
        P_CHILD = 0
        SUCCESS = 0
        fd, path = mkstemp "tmpXXXXXX"
        close (fd)
        parent_pid = posix.getpid "pid"
    - after: |
        os.remove (path)
    - it checks whether lock is possible with F_GETLK: |
        fd = open (path, O_RDWR)
        query_lock =
        {
          l_type = F_RDLCK;
          l_whence = SEEK_SET;
          l_start = 0;
          l_len = 0;
        }
        result = fcntl (fd, F_GETLK, query_lock)
        expect (result).should_be (SUCCESS)
        expect (query_lock.l_type).should_be (F_UNLCK)
        close (fd)
    - it can lock file with F_SETLK: |
        parent_fd = open (path, O_RDWR)
        result = fcntl (
            parent_fd,
            F_SETLK,
            {
              l_type = F_WRLCK;
              l_whence = SEEK_SET;
              l_start = 0;
              l_len = 0;
            }
          )
        expect (result).should_be (SUCCESS)
        process = fork ()
        if process == P_CHILD then
          child_fd = open (path, O_RDWR)
          query_lock =
          {
            l_type = F_WRLCK;
            l_whence = SEEK_SET;
            l_start = 0;
            l_len = 0;
          }
          result = fcntl (child_fd, F_GETLK, query_lock)
          close (child_fd)
          -- (not sure how to expect () in subprocess)
          if result ~= SUCCESS then
            os.exit (10)
          elseif query_lock.l_pid ~= parent_pid then
            os.exit (11)
          else
            os.exit (12)
          end
        else
          _, _, exit_code = wait (process)
          expect (exit_code).should_be (12)
        end
        close (parent_fd)
    - it returns error if cannot lock file with F_SETLK: |
        parent_fd = open (path, O_RDWR)
        result = fcntl (
            parent_fd,
            F_SETLK,
            {
              l_type = F_WRLCK;
              l_whence = SEEK_SET;
              l_start = 0;
              l_len = 0;
            }
          )
        expect (result).should_be (0)
        process = fork ()
        if process == P_CHILD then
          child_fd = open (path, O_RDWR)
          result = fcntl (
              child_fd,
              F_SETLK,
              {
                l_type = F_WRLCK;
                l_whence = SEEK_SET;
                l_start = 0;
                l_len = 0;
              }
            )
          close (child_fd)
          -- (not sure how to expect () in subprocess)
          if result == SUCCESS then
            os.exit (10)
          elseif errno () ~= errno (EACCES) and errno () ~= errno (EAGAIN) then
            os.exit (11)
          else
            os.exit (12)
          end
        else
          _, _, exit_code = wait (process)
          expect (exit_code).should_be (12)
        end
        close (parent_fd)