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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 7;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'export.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'export.rc', 'Created export.rc');
+}
+
+# Add two tasks, export, examine result.
+qx{../task rc:export.rc add priority:H project:A one};
+qx{../task rc:export.rc add +tag1 +tag2 two};
+qx{../task rc:export.rc export ./export.txt};
+
+my @lines;
+if (open my $fh, '<', './export.txt')
+{
+  @lines = <$fh>;
+  close $fh;
+}
+
+my $line1 = qr/'id','uuid','status','tags','entry','start','due','end','project','priority','fg','bg','description'\n/;
+my $line2 = qr/'.{8}-.{4}-.{4}-.{4}-.{12}','pending','',\d+,,,,'A','H',,,'one'\n/;
+my $line3 = qr/'.{8}-.{4}-.{4}-.{4}-.{12}','pending','tag1 tag2',\d+,,,,,,,,'two'\n/;
+
+like ($lines[0], $line1, "export line one");
+like ($lines[1], $line2, "export line two");
+like ($lines[2], $line3, "export line three");
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'export.txt';
+ok (!-r 'export.txt', 'Removed export.txt');
+
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'export.rc';
+ok (!-r 'export.rc', 'Removed export.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+