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+$:.unshift File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib'))
+
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'lxc'
+require 'timeout'
+
+class TestLXCClassMethods < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    if Process::Sys::geteuid != 0
+      raise 'This test must be ran as root'
+    end
+    @name = 'test'
+    @container = LXC::Container.new(@name)
+    @container.create('ubuntu') unless @container.defined?
+  end
+
+  def test_list_containers
+    assert_equal([@name], LXC.list_containers)
+  end
+
+  def test_arch_to_personality
+    assert_equal(:linux32, LXC.arch_to_personality('x86'))
+    assert_equal(:linux, LXC.arch_to_personality('x86_64'))
+  end
+end