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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+const constants = require('constants');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+common.refreshTmpDir();
+
+// O_WRONLY without O_CREAT shall fail with ENOENT
+const pathNE = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'file-should-not-exist');
+assert.throws(
+  () => fs.openSync(pathNE, constants.O_WRONLY),
+  (e) => e.code === 'ENOENT'
+);