diff --git a/t/basename.t b/t/basename.t
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+++ b/t/basename.t
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+BEGIN { use_ok("IkiWiki"); }
+
+is(IkiWiki::basename("/home/joey/foo/bar"), "bar");
+is(IkiWiki::basename("./foo"), "foo");
+is(IkiWiki::basename("baz"), "baz");
+is(IkiWiki::basename("/tmp/"), "");
+is(IkiWiki::basename("/home/joey/foo/"), "");
diff --git a/t/dirname.t b/t/dirname.t
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index 000000000..197d00d63
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+++ b/t/dirname.t
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+BEGIN { use_ok("IkiWiki"); }
+
+is(IkiWiki::dirname("/home/joey/foo/bar"), "/home/joey/foo");
+is(IkiWiki::dirname("./foo"), ".");
+is(IkiWiki::dirname("baz"), "");
+is(IkiWiki::dirname("/tmp/"), "/tmp/");
+is(IkiWiki::dirname("/home/joey/foo/"), "/home/joey/foo/");