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+package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils;
+
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class PathUtilsTest extends BaseTest {
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void init() { }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that we can successfully refresh a volume
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRefreshVolume() {
+        logger.warn("Executing testRefreshVolume");
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(successfullyRefreshedVolume(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")));
+        Assert.assertFalse(successfullyRefreshedVolume("/a/made/up/file.txt"));
+    }
+
+    private boolean successfullyRefreshedVolume(String filename) {
+        boolean result = true;
+
+        try {
+            PathUtils.refreshVolume(new File(filename));
+        } catch (StingException e) {
+            result = false;
+        }
+
+        logger.warn(filename + " is accessible : " + result);
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}