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+#!./perl
+
+BEGIN {
+ chdir 't';
+ @INC = '../lib';
+ require './test.pl';
+}
+
+plan 6;
+
+# Need to run this in a quiet private directory as it assumes that it can
+# reliably delete fixed file names.
+my $tempdir = tempfile;
+
+mkdir $tempdir, 0700 or die "Can't mkdir '$tempdir': $!";
+chdir $tempdir or die die "Can't chdir '$tempdir': $!";
+
+sub make_file {
+ my $file = shift;
+ open my $fh, ">", $file or die "Can't open $file: $!";
+ close $fh or die "Can't close $file: $!";
+}
+
+make_file('aaa');
+is unlink('aaa'), 1, 'retval of unlink with one file name';
+ok (!-e 'aaa', 'unlink unlinked it');
+make_file($_) for 'aaa', 'bbb';
+is unlink('aaa','bbb','ccc'), 2,
+ 'retval of unlink with list that includes nonexistent file';
+ok (!-e 'aaa' && !-e 'bbb', 'unlink unlank the files it claims it unlank');
+$_ = 'zzz';
+make_file 'zzz';
+is unlink, 1, 'retval of unlink with no args';
+ok !-e 'zzz', 'unlink with no arg unlinked $_';
+
+
+chdir '..' or die "Couldn't chdir .. for cleanup: $!";
+rmdir $tempdir or die "Couldn't unlink tempdir '$tempdir': $!";