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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+// Test that using an invalid file name with writeFileSync() on Windows returns
+// EINVAL. With libuv 1.x, it returns ENOTFOUND. This should be fixed when we
+// update to libuv 2.x.
+//
+// Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/8987
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+if (!common.isWindows) {
+  // Change to `common.skip()` when the test is moved out of `known_issues`.
+  assert.fail('Windows-only test');
+}
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  fs.writeFileSync('fhqwhgads??', 'come on');
+}, { code: 'EINVAL' });