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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../fixtures/common', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Dir.home" do
+  it "returns the current user's home directory as a string if called without arguments" do
+    home_directory = ENV['HOME']
+    platform_is :windows do
+      unless home_directory
+        home_directory = ENV['HOMEDRIVE'] + ENV['HOMEPATH']
+      end
+      home_directory = home_directory.tr('\\', '/').chomp('/')
+    end
+
+    Dir.home.should == home_directory
+  end
+
+  platform_is_not :windows do
+    it "returns the named user's home directory as a string if called with an argument" do
+      Dir.home(ENV['USER']).should == ENV['HOME']
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "raises an ArgumentError if the named user doesn't exist" do
+    lambda { Dir.home('geuw2n288dh2k') }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+  end
+end