$ . "$TESTDIR/helper.sh" Use a pre-generated UUID in a filename to make sure the filename is unique to this test and also that the pre-down hook has found the right directory having found this file. $ uniquish_file_prefix='test-hooks-run-in-situ-' > uuid='5b811e03-5977-40e6-80ef-dd6c35013e56' > uniquish_file=${uniquish_file_prefix}${uuid} Pre-down and post-down hooks should run by default. More importantly the hooks\' cwd should be the directory where they are situated. We test this by trying to find $uniquish_file. $ touch .dotfiles/$uniquish_file > mkdir -p .dotfiles/hooks/pre-down .dotfiles/hooks/post-down > touch .dotfiles/hooks/pre-down/00-test.sh .dotfiles/hooks/post-down/00-test.sh > chmod +x .dotfiles/hooks/pre-down/00-test.sh .dotfiles/hooks/post-down/00-test.sh $ echo "echo ../../${uniquish_file_prefix}* > /tmp/test-$uuid" > .dotfiles/hooks/pre-down/00-test.sh > echo "cat /tmp/test-$uuid; rm /tmp/test-$uuid" > .dotfiles/hooks/post-down/00-test.sh $ rcdn ../../test-hooks-run-in-situ-5b811e03-5977-40e6-80ef-dd6c35013e56 Ensure that hooks run when output of lsrc is non-empty $ touch .dotfiles/testrc > rcup > rcdn ../../test-hooks-run-in-situ-5b811e03-5977-40e6-80ef-dd6c35013e56