diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_resource b/Lib/test/output/test_resource
deleted file mode 100644
index aafed833066..00000000000
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_resource
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-test_resource
-True
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_resource.py b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
index 29ce35bb0b3..4a61582cfe5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_resource.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
@@ -1,56 +1,78 @@
-import os
-import resource
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
 
-from test.test_support import TESTFN
 
-# This test is checking a few specific problem spots.  RLIMIT_FSIZE
-# should be RLIM_INFINITY, which will be a really big number on a
-# platform with large file support.  On these platforms, we need to
-# test that the get/setrlimit functions properly convert the number to
-# a C long long and that the conversion doesn't raise an error.
+import os, resource
 
-try:
-    cur, max = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE)
-except AttributeError:
-    pass
-else:
-    print resource.RLIM_INFINITY == max
-    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (cur, max))
+# This test is checking a few specific problem spots with the resource module.
 
-# Now check to see what happens when the RLIMIT_FSIZE is small.  Some
-# versions of Python were terminated by an uncaught SIGXFSZ, but
-# pythonrun.c has been fixed to ignore that exception.  If so, the
-# write() should return EFBIG when the limit is exceeded.
+class ResourceTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_fsize_ismax(self):
+       
+        try:
+            (cur, max) = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            # RLIMIT_FSIZE should be RLIM_INFINITY, which will be a really big
+            # number on a platform with large file support.  On these platforms,
+            # we need to test that the get/setrlimit functions properly convert
+            # the number to a C long long and that the conversion doesn't raise
+            # an error.
+            self.assertEqual(resource.RLIM_INFINITY, max)
+            resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (cur, max))
 
-# At least one platform has an unlimited RLIMIT_FSIZE and attempts to
-# change it raise ValueError instead.
+    def test_fsize_enforced(self):
+        try:
+            (cur, max) = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            # Check to see what happens when the RLIMIT_FSIZE is small.  Some
+            # versions of Python were terminated by an uncaught SIGXFSZ, but
+            # pythonrun.c has been fixed to ignore that exception.  If so, the
+            # write() should return EFBIG when the limit is exceeded.
+            
+            # At least one platform has an unlimited RLIMIT_FSIZE and attempts
+            # to change it raise ValueError instead.
+            try:
+                try:
+                    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (1024, max))
+                    limit_set = True
+                except ValueError:
+                    limit_set = False
+                f = open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+                f.write("X" * 1024)
+                try:
+                    f.write("Y")
+                    f.flush()
+                except IOError:
+                    if not limit_set:
+                        raise
+                f.close()
+                os.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
+            finally:
+                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (cur, max))
 
-try:
-    try:
-        resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (1024, max))
-        limit_set = 1
-    except ValueError:
-        limit_set = 0
-    f = open(TESTFN, "wb")
-    f.write("X" * 1024)
-    try:
-        f.write("Y")
-        f.flush()
-    except IOError:
-        if not limit_set:
-            raise
-    f.close()
-    os.unlink(TESTFN)
-finally:
-    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (cur, max))
+    def test_fsize_toobig(self):
+        # Be sure that setrlimit is checking for really large values
+        too_big = 10L**50
+        try:
+            (cur, max) = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            try:
+                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (too_big, max))
+            except (OverflowError, ValueError):
+                pass
+            try:
+                resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (max, too_big))
+            except (OverflowError, ValueError):
+                pass
 
-# And be sure that setrlimit is checking for really large values
-too_big = 10L**50
-try:
-    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (too_big, max))
-except (OverflowError, ValueError):
-    pass
-try:
-    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_FSIZE, (max, too_big))
-except (OverflowError, ValueError):
-    pass
+def test_main(verbose=None):
+    test_support.run_unittest(ResourceTest)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()