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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# test_fsl_abspath.py -
+#
+# Author: Paul McCarthy <pauldmccarthy@gmail.com>
+#
+
+
+import os.path as op
+
+import fsl.scripts.fsl_abspath as fsl_abspath
+
+from tests import tempdir, CaptureStdout
+
+
+def test_usage():
+    assert fsl_abspath.main([]) != 0
+
+
+def test_fsl_abspath():
+
+    # fsl_abspath just calls os.path.realpath
+
+    with tempdir() as td:
+
+        oneup = op.dirname(td)
+
+        # (input, expected)
+        tests = [
+            ('file',    f'{td}/file'),
+            ('./file',  f'{td}/file'),
+            ('../file', f'{oneup}/file'),
+
+            ('/file',         '/file'),
+            ('/one/two/file', '/one/two/file'),
+        ]
+
+        for input, expected in tests:
+            cap = CaptureStdout()
+
+            with cap:
+                ret = fsl_abspath.main([input])
+
+            assert ret == 0
+            assert cap.stdout.strip() == expected