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+# Niklaus Giger, 2005-03-15
+# Testing whether we may run a test in absolute directories. There are no tests
+# for temporary directories as this is implictly tested in a lot of other cases.
+
+# TODO: Move to a separate testing-system test group.
+# TODO: Make the test not display any output on success.
+# TODO: Make sure implemented path handling is correct under Windows, Cygwin &
+#       Unix/Linux.
+
+import BoostBuild
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+t = BoostBuild.Tester(["-ffile.jam"], workdir=os.getcwd(), pass_d0=False,
+    pass_toolset=False)
+
+t.write("file.jam", "EXIT [ PWD ] : 0 ;")
+
+t.run_build_system()
+t.expect_output_lines("*%s*" % tempfile.gettempdir(), False)
+t.expect_output_lines("*build/v2/test*")
+
+t.run_build_system(status=1, subdir="/must/fail/with/absolute/path",
+    stderr=None)
+
+t.cleanup()