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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2010, 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, '>', 'shell.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "shell.prompt=testprompt>\n",
+            "default.command=ls\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'shell.rc', 'Created shell.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the prompt.
+my $output = qx{echo "\\nquit\\n" | ../task rc:shell.rc shell};
+like ($output, qr/testprompt>/, 'custom prompt is being used');
+
+# Test a simple add, then info.
+$output = qx{echo "add foo\ninfo 1\n" | ../task rc:shell.rc shell};
+like ($output, qr/Description\s+foo/, 'add/info working');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'undo.data', 'Removed undo.data');
+
+unlink 'response.txt';
+ok (!-r 'response.txt', 'Removed response.txt');
+
+unlink 'shell.rc';
+ok (!-r 'shell.rc', 'Removed shell.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+