diff --git a/test/tc_client.rb b/test/tc_client.rb
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+++ b/test/tc_client.rb
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+$:.unshift '../lib' if __FILE__ == $0 # Make this library first!
+
+require 'blink'
+require 'blink/client'
+require 'blink/fact'
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'blinktest.rb'
+
+# $Id$
+
+class TestClient < Test::Unit::TestCase
+    def test_local
+        client = nil
+        assert_nothing_raised() {
+            client = Blink::Client::Local.new()
+        }
+
+        facts = %w{operatingsystem operatingsystemrelease}
+        facts.each { |fact|
+            assert_equal(
+                Blink::Fact[fact],
+                client.callfunc("retrieve",fact)
+            )
+        }
+    end
+end