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@@ -1283,6 +1283,28 @@ when I invoke obnam --config smoke.yaml get-chunk <GEN> then command fails ~~~ +## Irregular files + +This scenario verifies that Obnam backs up and restores files that +aren't regular files, directories, or symbolic links. Specifically, +Unix domain sockets and named pipes (FIFOs). However, block and +character device nodes are not tested, as that would require running +the test suite with `root` permissions and that would be awkward. + +~~~scenario +given an installed obnam +and a running chunk server +and a client config based on smoke.yaml +and a file live/data.dat containing some random data +and a Unix socket live/socket +and a named pipe live/pipe +and a manifest of the directory live in live.yaml +when I run obnam --config smoke.yaml backup +when I invoke obnam --config smoke.yaml restore latest rest +given a manifest of the directory live restored in rest in rest.yaml +then files live.yaml and rest.yaml match +~~~ + ## Tricky filenames Obnam needs to handle all filenames the underlying operating and file |