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+2011-09-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	Tests for module 'close'.
+	* modules/close-tests: New file.
+	* tests/test-close.c: New file.
+
 2011-09-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Tests for module 'shutdown'.

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+++ b/modules/close-tests
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+Files:
+tests/test-close.c
+tests/signature.h
+tests/macros.h
+
+Depends-on:
+
+configure.ac:
+
+Makefile.am:
+TESTS += test-close
+check_PROGRAMS += test-close

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+/* Test closing a file or socket.
+   Copyright (C) 2011 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 3 of the License, 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "signature.h"
+SIGNATURE_CHECK (close, int, (int));
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "macros.h"
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  /* Test behaviour for invalid file descriptors.  */
+  {
+    errno = 0;
+    ASSERT (close (-1) == -1);
+    ASSERT (errno == EBADF);
+  }
+  {
+    errno = 0;
+    ASSERT (close (99) == -1);
+    ASSERT (errno == EBADF);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}