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+'use strict';
+// Monkey patch the os binding before requiring any other modules, including
+// common, which requires the os module.
+process.binding('os').getHomeDirectory = function(ctx) {
+  ctx.syscall = 'foo';
+  ctx.code = 'bar';
+  ctx.message = 'baz';
+};
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const os = require('os');
+
+common.expectsError(os.homedir, {
+  message: /^A system error occurred: foo returned bar \(baz\)$/
+});