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+"""
+Copyright 2017 Oliver Smith
+
+This file is part of pmbootstrap.
+
+pmbootstrap is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+pmbootstrap is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with pmbootstrap.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+
+def test_chroot_interactive_shell():
+    """
+    Open a shell with 'pmbootstrap chroot' and pass 'echo hello_world\n' as stdin.
+    """
+    pmb_src = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/.."))
+    os.chdir(pmb_src)
+    ret = subprocess.check_output(["./pmbootstrap.py", "-q", "chroot"], timeout=300,
+                                  input="echo hello_world\n", universal_newlines=True,
+                                  stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    assert ret == "hello_world\n"