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+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var cluster = require('cluster');
+var path = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var net = require('net');
+
+var socketPath = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'socket-path');
+
+if (cluster.isMaster) {
+  var worker = cluster.fork();
+  var gotError = 0;
+  worker.on('message', function(err) {
+    gotError++;
+    console.log(err);
+    if (process.platform === 'win32')
+      assert.strictEqual('EACCES', err.code);
+    else
+      assert.strictEqual('EADDRINUSE', err.code);
+    worker.disconnect();
+  });
+  process.on('exit', function() {
+    console.log('master exited');
+    try {
+      fs.unlinkSync(socketPath);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+    assert.equal(gotError, 1);
+  });
+} else {
+  fs.writeFileSync(socketPath, 'some contents');
+
+  var server = net.createServer().listen(socketPath, function() {
+    console.log('here');
+  });
+
+  server.on('error', function(err) {
+    process.send(err);
+  });
+}