def test_write_history_file(self):
        readline.write_history_file(self.history_file_name)
        # not going to deal with ~/.history

        with self.assertRaises(IOError):
            readline.write_history_file('/dev/null/nothing')

        readline.set_history_length(1)
        readline.write_history_file(self.history_file_name)
 def test_set_history_length(self):
     readline.set_history_length(123)
     length = readline.get_history_length()
     self.assertEqual(length, 123)