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+/*
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+ */
+
+/* @test TestAllocateHeapAtError.java
+ * @key gc
+ * @summary Test to check correct handling of non-existent directory passed to AllocateHeapAt option
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import jdk.test.lib.JDKToolFinder;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+public class TestAllocateHeapAtError {
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    ArrayList<String> vmOpts = new ArrayList();
+
+    String testVmOptsStr = System.getProperty("test.java.opts");
+    if (!testVmOptsStr.isEmpty()) {
+      String[] testVmOpts = testVmOptsStr.split(" ");
+      Collections.addAll(vmOpts, testVmOpts);
+    }
+    String test_dir = System.getProperty("test.dir", ".");
+
+    File f = null;
+    do {
+      f = new File(test_dir, UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+    } while(f.exists());
+
+    Collections.addAll(vmOpts, new String[] {"-XX:AllocateHeapAt=" + f.getName(),
+                                             "-Xlog:gc+heap=info",
+                                             "-Xmx32m",
+                                             "-Xms32m",
+                                             "-version"});
+    
+    System.out.print("Testing:\n" + JDKToolFinder.getJDKTool("java"));
+    for (int i = 0; i < vmOpts.size(); i += 1) {
+      System.out.print(" " + vmOpts.get(i));
+    }
+    System.out.println();
+
+    ProcessBuilder pb =
+      ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(vmOpts.toArray(new String[vmOpts.size()]));
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+
+    System.out.println("Output:\n" + output.getOutput());
+
+    output.shouldContain("Could not create file for Heap");
+    output.shouldContain("Error occurred during initialization of VM");
+    output.shouldNotHaveExitValue(0);
+  }
+}
+