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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import random
+import string
+import os
+from sys import exit
+from test.http_test import HTTPTest
+from test.base_test import HTTP
+from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
+
+"""
+ Basic test of --recursive.
+"""
+############# File Definitions ###############################################
+
+max_path_len = os.pathconf(os.getcwd(), 'PC_PATH_MAX')
+max_name_len = os.pathconf(os.getcwd(), 'PC_NAME_MAX')
+
+# 19 is a magic number. See CHOMP_BUFFER in url.c to have an understanding of where it comes from
+long_filename = 'deeper/than/' + ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase, k=(max_name_len - 19)))
+
+# Since this filename is one larger than the CHOMP_BUFFER, it should cause Wget to truncate the filename when saving it
+# to disk.
+very_long_filename = 'deeper/than/' + ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase, k=(max_name_len - 18)))
+
+File1 = f"""<html><body>
+<a href=\"/a/File2.html\">text</a>
+<a href=\"/{long_filename}\">text</a>
+<a href=\"/{very_long_filename}\">text</a>
+</body></html>"""
+File2 = "With lemon or cream?"
+File3 = "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman"
+File4 = "This filename will be truncated"
+
+File1_File = WgetFile("index.html", File1)
+File2_File = WgetFile("a/File2.html", File2)
+File3_File = WgetFile(long_filename, File3)
+File4_File = WgetFile(very_long_filename, File4)
+File4saved_File = WgetFile(very_long_filename[:-1], File4)
+
+WGET_OPTIONS = "--recursive --no-host-directories"
+WGET_URLS = [[""]]
+
+Servers = [HTTP]
+
+Files = [[File1_File, File2_File, File3_File, File4_File]]
+Existing_Files = []
+
+ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+ExpectedDownloadedFiles = [File1_File, File2_File, File3_File, File4saved_File]
+Request_List = [["GET /",
+ "GET /robots.txt",
+ "GET /a/File2.html",
+ f"GET /{long_filename}",
+ f"GET /{very_long_filename}"]]
+
+################ Pre and Post Test Hooks #####################################
+pre_test = {
+ "ServerFiles" : Files,
+ "LocalFiles" : Existing_Files
+}
+test_options = {
+ "WgetCommands" : WGET_OPTIONS,
+ "Urls" : WGET_URLS
+}
+post_test = {
+ "ExpectedFiles" : ExpectedDownloadedFiles,
+ "ExpectedRetcode" : ExpectedReturnCode,
+ "FilesCrawled" : Request_List
+}
+
+err = HTTPTest (
+ pre_hook=pre_test,
+ test_params=test_options,
+ post_hook=post_test,
+ protocols=Servers
+).begin ()
+
+exit (err)