diff --git a/mktest.sh b/mktest.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Create test files and directories
+
+test -e test && {
+    echo "Remove test and try again"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+mkdir test && cd test
+
+echo 'It works!' > normal.txt
+ln -s normal.txt ln-normal.txt
+ln -s normal.txt ln-normal
+mkdir normal-dir
+ln -s normal-dir ln-normal-dir
+ln -s nowhere ln-nowhere
+mkfifo mk-fifo
+touch no-access && chmod 000 no-access
+ln -s ../normal.txt normal-dir/ln-normal.txt
+ln -s ../normal.txt normal-dir/ln-normal