diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/file_threads.py b/Lib/test/crashers/file_threads.py
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+# An example for http://bugs.python.org/issue815646
+
+import thread
+
+while 1:
+    f = open("/tmp/dupa", "w")
+    thread.start_new_thread(f.close, ())
+    f.close()