diff --git a/src/tests/check_execio.c b/src/tests/check_execio.c
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+/*
+  Copyright 2008 Nathan Phillip Brink, Ethan Zonca
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "execio.h"
+
+#include <check.h>
+
+START_TEST (execio)
+{
+  struct execio *eio;
+  char *echoargv[] = 
+    {
+      "echo",
+      "test"
+    };
+
+  char inbuf[20];
+  size_t bytesread;
+  
+  fail_unless(execio_open(&eio, echoargv[0], echoargv) == 0,
+	      "execio_open failed");
+  
+  fail_unless(execio_read(eio, inbuf, sizeof(inbuf) - 1, &bytesread) == 0,
+	      "error using execio_read\n");
+  
+  fail_unless(execio_close(eio) == 0,
+	      "error using execio_close\n");
+}
+END_TEST
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  return 0;
+  /* see http://check.sourceforge.net/doc/check.html/check_6.html#SEC6 */
+}
+