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diff --git a/t/io/read.t b/t/io/read.t
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+#!./perl
+
+# $RCSfile$
+
+print "1..1\n";
+
+open(A,"+>a");
+print A "_";
+seek(A,0,0);
+
+$b = "abcd"; 
+$b = "";
+
+read(A,$b,1,4);
+
+close(A);
+
+unlink("a");
+
+if ($b eq "\000\000\000\000_") {
+	print "ok 1\n";
+} else { # Probably "\000bcd_"
+	print "not ok 1\n";
+}
+
+unlink 'a';