--- /dev/null
+/* test whether readlink returns a short buffer correctly. */
+
+#if defined(HAVE_UNISTD_H)
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#define DATA "readlink.test"
+#define FNAME "rdlnk.file"
+
+main()
+{
+ int buf[7];
+ int ret;
+ ssize_t rl_ret;
+
+ unlink(FNAME);
+ ret = symlink(DATA, FNAME);
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ rl_ret = readlink(FNAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (rl_ret == -1) {
+ unlink(FNAME);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ unlink(FNAME);
+ exit(0);
+}