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+#!perl
+#
+# test apparatus for Text::Template module
+# still incomplete.
+
+use Text::Template;
+
+die "This is the test program for Text::Template version 1.46.
+You are using version $Text::Template::VERSION instead.
+That does not make sense.\n
+Aborting"
+ unless $Text::Template::VERSION == 1.46;
+
+print "1..2\n";
+
+$n=1;
+
+$template = new Text::Template TYPE => STRING, SOURCE => q{My process ID is {$$}};
+$of = "t$$";
+END { unlink $of }
+open O, "> $of" or die;
+
+$text = $template->fill_in(OUTPUT => \*O);
+
+# (1) No $text should have been constructed. Return value should be true.
+print +($text eq '1' ? '' : 'not '), "ok $n\n";
+$n++;
+
+close O or die;
+open I, "< $of" or die;
+{ local $/; $t = <I> }
+close I;
+
+# (2) The text should have been printed to the file
+print +($t eq "My process ID is $$" ? '' : 'not '), "ok $n\n";
+$n++;
+
+exit;
+