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+++ b/test/com/sun/jdi/BadAgentPath.java	Mon Mar 07 20:59:35 2016 +0300
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+import jdk.testlibrary.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.testlibrary.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.testlibrary.Utils;
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 8147456
+ * @summary Check that providing a non-existing -agentpath gives a proper error.
+ * @author Sharath Ballal
+ *
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @modules java.management
+ * @build jdk.testlibrary.*
+ * @build BadAgentPath
+ * @run driver BadAgentPath
+ */
+
+public class BadAgentPath {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        OutputAnalyzer output = ProcessTools.executeTestJvm("-agentpath:/badAgent/agent", "-version");
+        output.shouldContain("Could not find agent library /badAgent/agent");
+    }
+}