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+// Copyright (c) Benjamin Kietzman (github.com/bkietz)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#include <dbus/connection.hpp>
+#include <dbus/endpoint.hpp>
+#include <dbus/filter.hpp>
+#include <dbus/match.hpp>
+#include <dbus/message.hpp>
+#include <functional>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+using namespace boost::asio;
+using namespace dbus;
+using boost::system::error_code;
+
+TEST(ErrorTest, GetHostName) {
+  io_service io;
+  EXPECT_THROW(connection system_bus(io, "unix:path=/foo/bar/baz_socket"),
+               boost::system::system_error);
+
+  io.run();
+}
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