--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description="notmuch_directory_* API"
+
+. $(dirname "$0")/test-lib.sh || exit 1
+
+add_email_corpus
+
+test_begin_subtest "building database"
+test_expect_success "NOTMUCH_NEW"
+
+cat <<EOF > c_head
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <notmuch.h>
+#include <notmuch-test.h>
+#include <talloc.h>
+int main (int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ notmuch_database_t *db;
+ notmuch_directory_t *dir;
+ notmuch_status_t stat = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+ char *msg = NULL;
+
+ stat = notmuch_database_open_verbose (argv[1], NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE, &db, &msg);
+ if (stat != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "error opening database: %d %s\n", stat, msg ? msg : "");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_database_get_directory (db, "bar", &dir));
+ EXPECT0(notmuch_database_close (db));
+EOF
+
+cat <<'EOF' > c_tail
+ if (stat) {
+ const char *stat_str = notmuch_database_status_string (db);
+ if (stat_str)
+ fputs (stat_str, stderr);
+ }
+
+}
+EOF
+
+test_begin_subtest "get child directories for a closed db"
+test_subtest_known_broken
+cat c_head - c_tail <<'EOF' | test_C ${MAIL_DIR}
+ {
+ notmuch_filenames_t *children;
+ children = notmuch_directory_get_child_directories (dir);
+ printf ("%d\n", children == NULL);
+ stat = NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
+ }
+EOF
+cat <<EOF > EXPECTED
+== stdout ==
+1
+== stderr ==
+A Xapian exception occurred at lib/directory.cc:XXX: Database has been closed
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+test_done