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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_startfile.py10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
index 5a9c2def24..68e35b3d3b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(OSError, startfile, "nonexisting.vbs")
def test_empty(self):
- # Switch to an existing, but safe, working directory to let the
- # cleanup code do its thing without permission errors.
- with support.temp_cwd(path=path.dirname(sys.executable)):
- empty = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "empty.vbs")
+ # startfile is a little odd when it comes to handling absolute
+ # paths, so we briefly switch to the main test directory
+ # and use a relative path
+ with support.change_cwd(support.TEST_HOME):
+ empty = "empty.vbs"
startfile(empty)
- startfile(empty, "open")
def test_main():
support.run_unittest(TestCase)