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+// http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/f66cd3c960406919
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var http = require('http'),
+  cp = require('child_process');
+
+
+var filename = require('path').join(common.tmpDir || '/tmp', 'big');
+
+var count = 0;
+function maybeMakeRequest () {
+  if (++count < 2) return;
+  console.log("making curl request");
+  cp.exec('curl http://127.0.0.1:' + common.PORT + '/ | shasum',
+    function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+      if (err) throw err;
+      assert.equal('8c206a1a87599f532ce68675536f0b1546900d7a', stdout.slice(0, 40));
+      console.log("got the correct response");
+      server.close();
+    });
+}
+
+
+cp.exec('dd if=/dev/zero of=' + filename + ' bs=1024 count=10240',
+  function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+    maybeMakeRequest();
+  });
+
+
+var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200);
+
+  // Create the subprocess
+  var cat = cp.spawn('cat', [filename]);
+
+  // Stream the data through to the response as binary chunks
+  cat.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+    res.write(data);
+  });
+
+  // End the response on exit (and log errors)
+  cat.on('exit', function (code) {
+    if (code !== 0) {
+      console.error('subprocess exited with code ' + code);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    res.end();
+  });
+
+});
+
+server.listen(common.PORT, maybeMakeRequest);
+
+console.log('Server running at http://localhost:8080');