1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/stat_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/stat_spec.rb
index 58eba02b8f..f9fc232ee0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/stat_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/stat_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "IO#stat" do
   before :each do
-    @io = IO.popen 'cat', "r+"
+    cmd = platform_is(:windows) ? 'rem' : 'cat'
+    @io = IO.popen cmd, "r+"
   end
 
   after :each do
@@ -11,14 +12,14 @@ describe "IO#stat" do
   end
 
   it "raises IOError on closed stream" do
-    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.stat }.should raise_error(IOError)
+    -> { IOSpecs.closed_io.stat }.should.raise(IOError)
   end
 
   it "returns a File::Stat object for the stream" do
-    STDOUT.stat.should be_an_instance_of(File::Stat)
+    STDOUT.stat.should.instance_of?(File::Stat)
   end
 
   it "can stat pipes" do
-    @io.stat.should be_an_instance_of(File::Stat)
+    @io.stat.should.instance_of?(File::Stat)
   end
 end