--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test_hls.py	Mon Jul 20 12:03:06 2015 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+unit tests for hls
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+# globals
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+class hlsUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_hls(self):
+        tf = tempfile.mktemp()
+        try:
+            # pass
+            pass
+        finally:
+            if os.path.exists(tf):
+                os.remove(tf)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+