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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+BEGIN {
+   die "The PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH environment variable is not set.\n"
+      unless $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH} && -d $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH};
+   unshift @INC, "$ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH}/lib";
+};
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+use Test::More;
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+use PerconaTest;
+use Sandbox;
+require "$trunk/bin/pt-archiver";
+
+my $dp = new DSNParser(opts=>$dsn_opts);
+my $sb = new Sandbox(basedir => '/tmp', DSNParser => $dp);
+my $master_dbh = $sb->get_dbh_for('master');
+
+if ( !$master_dbh ) {
+   plan skip_all => 'Cannot connect to sandbox master';
+}
+
+my $output;
+my $cnf = "/tmp/12345/my.sandbox.cnf";
+my $cmd = "$trunk/bin/pt-archiver";
+
+$sb->create_dbs($master_dbh, ['test']);
+$sb->load_file('master', 't/pt-archiver/samples/tables1-4.sql');
+
+# ###########################################################################
+# pt-archiver deletes data despite --dry-run
+# https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-toolkit/+bug/1199589
+# ###########################################################################
+
+my $rows_before = $master_dbh->selectall_arrayref("SELECT * FROM test.table_1 ORDER BY a");
+
+$output = `$cmd --optimize --dry-run --purge --where 1=1 --source D=test,t=table_1,F=$cnf 2>&1`;
+
+my $rows_after = $master_dbh->selectall_arrayref("SELECT * FROM test.table_1 ORDER BY a");
+
+is_deeply(
+   $rows_after,
+   $rows_before,
+   "--optimize does not consume --dry-run (bug 1199589)"
+) or diag(Dumper($rows_after));
+
+# #############################################################################
+# Done.
+# #############################################################################
+$sb->wipe_clean($master_dbh);
+ok($sb->ok(), "Sandbox servers") or BAIL_OUT(__FILE__ . " broke the sandbox");
+done_testing;