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+# Copyright (C) 2010 W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
+#
+# This file is part of Hooke.
+#
+# Hooke is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Hooke is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
+# Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with Hooke. If not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+>>> import os
+>>> import os.path
+>>> from uuid import uuid4
+>>> from hooke.hooke import Hooke, HookeRunner
+
+>>> h = Hooke()
+>>> r = HookeRunner()
+>>> h = r.run_lines(h, ['load_playlist test/data/test']) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+<FilePlaylist test.hkp>
+Success
+<BLANKLINE>
+>>> file_name = '%s.dat' % uuid4()
+>>> h = r.run_lines(h, ['export_block --output %s' % file_name])
+Success
+<BLANKLINE>
+>>> with open(file_name, 'r') as f:
+... lines = f.readlines()
+>>> os.remove(file_name)
+>>> print len(lines)
+2049
+>>> print ''.join(lines[:5]), # doctest: +ELLIPSIS, +REPORT_UDIFF +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+# z piezo (m) deflection (m)
+-1.519...e-07 9.094...e-08
+-1.513...e-07 9.130...e-08
+-1.513...e-07 9.157...e-08
+-1.507...e-07 9.189...e-08
+"""