diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tmemfiles1.nim b/tests/stdlib/tmemfiles1.nim
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+discard """
+test that closing a closed file is ignored (no error raised)
+output: nothing
+"""
+import memfiles, os
+var
+  mm: MemFile
+  fn = "test.mmap"
+# Create a new file
+mm = memfiles.open(fn, mode = fmReadWrite, newFileSize = 20)
+mm.close()
+mm.close()
+if fileExists(fn): removeFile(fn)