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+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+  console.log('Skipping test, no RLIMIT_NOFILE on Windows.');
+  return;
+}
+
+for (;;) {
+  try {
+    fs.openSync(__filename, 'r');
+  } catch (err) {
+    assert(err.code === 'EMFILE' || err.code === 'ENFILE');
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+// Should emit an error, not throw.
+var proc = spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', '0']);
+
+proc.on('error', common.mustCall(function(err) {
+  assert(err.code === 'EMFILE' || err.code === 'ENFILE');
+}));
+
+// 'exit' should not be emitted, the process was never spawned.
+proc.on('exit', assert.fail);