diff --git a/Lib/test/test_select.py b/Lib/test/test_select.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/test_select.py
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+# Testing select module
+
+from test_support import *
+
+def test():
+	import select
+	import os
+	cmd = 'for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do date; sleep 3; done'
+	p = os.popen(cmd, 'r')
+	for tout in (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16) + (None,)*10:
+		print 'timeout =', tout
+		rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select([p], [], [], tout)
+		print rfd, wfd, xfd
+		if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([], [], []):
+			continue
+		if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([p], [], []):
+			line = p.readline()
+			print `line`
+			if not line:
+				print 'EOF'
+				break
+			continue
+		print 'Heh?'
+
+test()