1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/syslog/mask_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/syslog/mask_spec.rb
index 49be56d304..23cca6fa8d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/syslog/mask_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/syslog/mask_spec.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+
 platform_is_not :windows do
-  require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
   require 'syslog'
 
   describe "Syslog.mask" do
     platform_is_not :windows do
 
       before :each do
-        Syslog.opened?.should be_false
+        Syslog.opened?.should == false
       end
 
       after :each do
-        Syslog.opened?.should be_false
+        Syslog.opened?.should == false
         # make sure we return the mask to the default value
         Syslog.open { |s| s.mask = 255 }
       end
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ platform_is_not :windows do
       end
 
       it "returns nil if the log is closed" do
-        Syslog.opened?.should == false
+        Syslog.should_not.opened?
         Syslog.mask.should == nil
       end
 
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@ platform_is_not :windows do
     platform_is_not :windows do
 
       before :each do
-        Syslog.opened?.should be_false
+        Syslog.opened?.should == false
       end
 
       after :each do
-        Syslog.opened?.should be_false
+        Syslog.opened?.should == false
         # make sure we return the mask to the default value
         Syslog.open { |s| s.mask = 255 }
       end
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ platform_is_not :windows do
       end
 
       it "raises an error if the log is closed" do
-        lambda { Syslog.mask = 1337 }.should raise_error(RuntimeError)
+        -> { Syslog.mask = 1337 }.should.raise(RuntimeError)
       end
 
       it "only accepts numbers" do
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ platform_is_not :windows do
           Syslog.mask = 3.1416
           Syslog.mask.should == 3
 
-          lambda { Syslog.mask = "oh hai" }.should raise_error(TypeError)
-          lambda { Syslog.mask = "43" }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+          -> { Syslog.mask = "oh hai" }.should.raise(TypeError)
+          -> { Syslog.mask = "43" }.should.raise(TypeError)
 
         end
       end