X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/4600343d1bff7ac4f7b9f08486541444c31af8b6..0035033f6bf6db955b116e2e0cc052bc5c79d80e:/sdk/python/tests/test_cache.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/test_cache.py b/sdk/python/tests/test_cache.py
index baa60bfa17..4d68b401ee 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 import md5
 import mock
-import shutil
+import os
 import random
+import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
 import unittest
 
 import arvados.cache
+import arvados
 import run_test_server
 
 
@@ -47,6 +49,17 @@ class CacheTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         shutil.rmtree(self._dir)
 
+    def test_cache_create_error(self):
+        _, filename = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        home_was = os.environ['HOME']
+        os.environ['HOME'] = filename
+        try:
+            c = arvados.http_cache('test')
+            self.assertEqual(None, c)
+        finally:
+            os.environ['HOME'] = home_was
+            os.unlink(filename)
+
     def test_cache_crud(self):
         c = arvados.cache.SafeHTTPCache(self._dir, max_age=0)
         url = 'https://example.com/foo?bar=baz'