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+Describe "Test-Get-ItemProperty" {
+    $currentDirectory = Split-Path . -Leaf
+    $parentDirectory  = Split-Path .. -Leaf
+    if (Test-Path /tmp)
+    {
+        $tempDirectory = "/tmp/testfolder"
+        $testProvider  = "/"
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        $tempDirectory = "~/testfolder"
+        $testProvider  = "C"
+    }
+
+    New-Item $tempDirectory -ItemType Directory -Force
+    $testfile = $tempDirectory + "/" + "testfile1"
+
+    New-Item $testfile -ItemType file -Force
+
+    It "Should be able to be called on in the current directory" {
+        { Get-ItemProperty . } | Should Not Throw
+
+        $(Get-ItemProperty .).Name | Should Be $currentDirectory
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to be called on a parent directory" {
+        { Get-ItemProperty .. } | Should Not Throw
+
+        (Get-ItemProperty ..).Name | Should Be $parentDirectory
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to be called on a directory using the path switch" {
+        { Get-ItemProperty -Path $tempDirectory } | Should Not Throw
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to be called on a file using the path switch" {
+        { Get-ItemProperty -Path $testfile } | Should Not Throw
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to access a property using the Path and name switches" {
+        { Get-ItemProperty -Path $testfile -Name fullname } | Should Not Throw
+
+        $output = Get-ItemProperty -Path $testfile -Name fullname
+
+        $output.PSPath | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
+
+        $output.PSDrive | Should Be $testprovider
+
+        $output.PSProvider.Name | Should Be "FileSystem"
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to use the gp alias without error" {
+        { gp . }  | Should Not Throw
+        { gp .. } | Should Not Throw
+    }
+
+    It "Should have the same results between alias and cmdlet" {
+        $alias  = gp -Path $testfile -Name fullname
+        $cmdlet = Get-ItemProperty -Path $testfile -Name fullname
+
+        $alias.PSPath          | Should Be $cmdlet.PSPath
+        $alias.PSDrive         | Should Be $cmdlet.PSDrive
+        $alias.PSProvider.Name | Should Be $cmdlet.PSProvider.Name
+    }
+}