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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_commands.py b/Lib/test/test_commands.py
index 56d4e7c..dfa1977 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_commands.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_commands.py
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ class CommandTests(unittest.TestCase):
def test_getstatus(self):
# This pattern should match 'ls -ld /.' on any posix
- # system, however perversely configured.
+ # system, however perversely configured. Even on systems
+ # (e.g., Cygwin) where user and group names can have spaces:
+ # drwxr-xr-x 15 Administ Domain U 4096 Aug 12 12:50 /
+ # drwxr-xr-x 15 Joe User My Group 4096 Aug 12 12:50 /
+ # Note that the first case above has a space in the group name
+ # while the second one has a space in both names.
pat = r'''d......... # It is a directory.
\s+\d+ # It has some number of links.
- \s+\w+\s+\w+ # It has a user and group, which may
- # be named anything.
- \s+\d+ # It has a size.
- [^/]* # Skip the date.
+ [^/]* # Skip user, group, size, and date.
/\. # and end with the name of the file.
'''