def test_write_section(self):

       tempdir = temppath.ensure('dirwriter', dir=True)

       dw = self.get_filled_writer(DirWriter, tempdir)

       fpaths = tempdir.listdir('*.txt')

       assert len(fpaths) == 2

       assert sorted([f.basename for f in fpaths]) == ['bar.txt', 'foo.txt']

       assert _nl(tempdir.join('foo.txt').read()) == 'foo data\n'

->     assert _nl(tempdir.join('bar.txt').read()) == 'bar data\n'

   def read(self, mode='rb'):

       """ read and return a bytestring from reading the path. """

       if py.std.sys.version_info < (2,3):

           for x in 'u', 'U':

               if x in mode:

                   mode = mode.replace(x, '')

->     f = self.open(mode)

       try:

           return f.read()

       finally:

           f.close()