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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_startfile.py15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
index dd505bf..ae9aeb9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
import unittest
from test import support
import os
+import sys
from os import path
-from time import sleep
startfile = support.get_attribute(os, 'startfile')
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(OSError, startfile, "nonexisting.vbs")
def test_empty(self):
- empty = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "empty.vbs")
- startfile(empty)
- startfile(empty, "open")
- # Give the child process some time to exit before we finish.
- # Otherwise the cleanup code will not be able to delete the cwd,
- # because it is still in use.
- sleep(0.1)
+ # 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(empty)
+ startfile(empty, "open")
def test_main():
support.run_unittest(TestCase)