1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/du.test b/tests/du.test
index ae610256..d7e58b43 100755
--- a/tests/du.test
+++ b/tests/du.test
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ if [ "$(stat --format %C . 2>/dev/null)" != "?" ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
+# darwin stores empty directories in the inode itself, making all the numbers
+# in the tests below 0. (TODO this is not the right fix.)
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+  echo "$SHOWSKIP: du (Darwin stores empty directories in inode)"
+  return 2>/dev/null
+  exit
+fi
+
 #testing "name" "command" "result" "infile" "stdin"
 
 # we only test with -k since getting POSIX version is variable
@@ -37,4 +45,3 @@ testing "-LH does not follow unspecified symlinks" "du -ksLH du_test" "8\tdu_tes
 testing "-H follows specified symlinks" "du -ksH du_test/xyz" "8\tdu_test/xyz\n" "" ""
 
 rm -rf du_test du_2
-