--- /dev/null
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+# 02111-1307, USA.
+
+AT_SETUP([deleting members with long names])
+AT_KEYWORDS([delete03])
+
+m4_define([PREFIX],[This_is_a_very_long_file_name_prefix_that_is_designed_to_cause_problems_with_file_names_that_run_into_a_limit_of_the_posix_tar_formatXX])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+
+prefix=PREFIX
+rm -f $prefix*
+for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+do touch $prefix$i
+done
+tar -cf archive ./$prefix* &&
+ tar --delete -f archive ./${prefix}5 &&
+ tar -tf archive
+],
+[0],
+[./PREFIX[]1
+./PREFIX[]2
+./PREFIX[]3
+./PREFIX[]4
+./PREFIX[]6
+./PREFIX[]7
+./PREFIX[]8
+./PREFIX[]9
+],[],[],[],[gnu, oldgnu, posix])
+
+AT_CLEANUP