import os
import sys
import unittest
from test import support

class SpawnTests(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_spawn(self):
        filename = support.TESTFN
        self.addCleanup(support.unlink, filename)

        with open(filename, "w") as fp:
            fp.write('import sys; sys.exit(17)')

        args = [sys.executable, filename]

        self.assertRaises(ValueError, os.spawnl, os.P_NOWAIT, args[0], '')
        self.assertRaises(ValueError, os.spawnle, os.P_NOWAIT, args[0], '', {})

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()