diff --git a/src/tests/hook.post-start.t b/src/tests/hook.post-start.t
new file mode 100755
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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2010, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 7;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'hook.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "hook.post-start=" . $ENV{'PWD'} . "/hook:test\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'hook.rc', 'Created hook.rc');
+}
+
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'hook')
+{
+  print $fh "function test () print ('marker') return 0, nil end\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'hook', 'Created hook');
+}
+
+# Test the hook.
+my $output = qx{../task rc:hook.rc _version};
+like ($output, qr/^marker.+\n\d\.\d+\.\d+\n$/ms, 'Found marker before output');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'undo.data', 'Removed undo.data');
+
+unlink 'hook';
+ok (!-r 'hook', 'Removed hook');
+
+unlink 'hook.rc';
+ok (!-r 'hook.rc', 'Removed hook.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/hook.pre-exit.t b/src/tests/hook.pre-exit.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9093a9719
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+++ b/src/tests/hook.pre-exit.t
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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2010, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 7;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'hook.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "hook.pre-exit=" . $ENV{'PWD'} . "/hook:test\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'hook.rc', 'Created hook.rc');
+}
+
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'hook')
+{
+  print $fh "function test () print ('marker') return 0, nil end\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'hook', 'Created hook');
+}
+
+# Test the hook.
+my $output = qx{../task rc:hook.rc _version};
+like ($output, qr/\n\d\.\d+\.\d+\nmarker\n$/ms, 'Found marker after output');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'undo.data', 'Removed undo.data');
+
+unlink 'hook';
+ok (!-r 'hook', 'Removed hook');
+
+unlink 'hook.rc';
+ok (!-r 'hook.rc', 'Removed hook.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+