diff --git a/spec/unit/indirector/file_bucket_file/file_spec.rb b/spec/unit/indirector/file_bucket_file/file_spec.rb
index eb86eee85..808da17d8 100755
--- a/spec/unit/indirector/file_bucket_file/file_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/indirector/file_bucket_file/file_spec.rb
@@ -1,273 +1,273 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/indirector/file_bucket_file/file'
 
 describe Puppet::FileBucketFile::File do
   include PuppetSpec::Files
 
   it "should be a subclass of the Code terminus class" do
     Puppet::FileBucketFile::File.superclass.should equal(Puppet::Indirector::Code)
   end
 
   it "should have documentation" do
     Puppet::FileBucketFile::File.doc.should be_instance_of(String)
   end
 
   describe "non-stubbing tests" do
     include PuppetSpec::Files
 
     before do
       Puppet[:bucketdir] = tmpdir('bucketdir')
     end
 
     def save_bucket_file(contents, path = "/who_cares")
       bucket_file = Puppet::FileBucket::File.new(contents)
       Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.save(bucket_file, "md5/#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(contents)}#{path}")
       bucket_file.checksum_data
     end
 
     describe "when servicing a save request" do
       describe "when supplying a path" do
         it "should store the path if not already stored" do
           checksum = save_bucket_file("stuff", "/foo/bar")
           dir_path = "#{Puppet[:bucketdir]}/c/1/3/d/8/8/c/b/c13d88cb4cb02003daedb8a84e5d272a"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/contents").should == "stuff"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/paths").should == "foo/bar\n"
         end
 
         it "should leave the paths file alone if the path is already stored" do
           checksum = save_bucket_file("stuff", "/foo/bar")
           checksum = save_bucket_file("stuff", "/foo/bar")
           dir_path = "#{Puppet[:bucketdir]}/c/1/3/d/8/8/c/b/c13d88cb4cb02003daedb8a84e5d272a"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/contents").should == "stuff"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/paths").should == "foo/bar\n"
         end
 
         it "should store an additional path if the new path differs from those already stored" do
           checksum = save_bucket_file("stuff", "/foo/bar")
           checksum = save_bucket_file("stuff", "/foo/baz")
           dir_path = "#{Puppet[:bucketdir]}/c/1/3/d/8/8/c/b/c13d88cb4cb02003daedb8a84e5d272a"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/contents").should == "stuff"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/paths").should == "foo/bar\nfoo/baz\n"
         end
       end
 
       describe "when not supplying a path" do
         it "should save the file and create an empty paths file" do
           checksum = save_bucket_file("stuff", "")
           dir_path = "#{Puppet[:bucketdir]}/c/1/3/d/8/8/c/b/c13d88cb4cb02003daedb8a84e5d272a"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/contents").should == "stuff"
           File.read("#{dir_path}/paths").should == ""
         end
       end
     end
 
     describe "when servicing a head/find request" do
       describe "when supplying a path" do
         it "should return false/nil if the file isn't bucketed" do
           Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.head("md5/0ae2ec1980410229885fe72f7b44fe55/foo/bar").should == false
           Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/0ae2ec1980410229885fe72f7b44fe55/foo/bar").should == nil
         end
 
         it "should return false/nil if the file is bucketed but with a different path" do
           checksum = save_bucket_file("I'm the contents of a file", '/foo/bar')
           Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.head("md5/#{checksum}/foo/baz").should == false
           Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{checksum}/foo/baz").should == nil
         end
 
         it "should return true/file if the file is already bucketed with the given path" do
           contents = "I'm the contents of a file"
           checksum = save_bucket_file(contents, '/foo/bar')
           Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.head("md5/#{checksum}/foo/bar").should == true
           find_result = Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{checksum}/foo/bar")
           find_result.should be_a(Puppet::FileBucket::File)
           find_result.checksum.should == "{md5}#{checksum}"
           find_result.to_s.should == contents
         end
       end
 
       describe "when not supplying a path" do
         [false, true].each do |trailing_slash|
           describe "#{trailing_slash ? 'with' : 'without'} a trailing slash" do
             trailing_string = trailing_slash ? '/' : ''
 
             it "should return false/nil if the file isn't bucketed" do
               Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.head("md5/0ae2ec1980410229885fe72f7b44fe55#{trailing_string}").should == false
               Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/0ae2ec1980410229885fe72f7b44fe55#{trailing_string}").should == nil
             end
 
             it "should return true/file if the file is already bucketed" do
               contents = "I'm the contents of a file"
               checksum = save_bucket_file(contents, '/foo/bar')
               Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.head("md5/#{checksum}#{trailing_string}").should == true
               find_result = Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{checksum}#{trailing_string}")
               find_result.should be_a(Puppet::FileBucket::File)
               find_result.checksum.should == "{md5}#{checksum}"
               find_result.to_s.should == contents
             end
           end
         end
       end
     end
 
-    describe "when diffing files" do
+    describe "when diffing files", :unless => Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? do
       it "should generate an empty string if there is no diff" do
         checksum = save_bucket_file("I'm the contents of a file")
         Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{checksum}", :diff_with => checksum).should == ''
       end
 
       it "should generate a proper diff if there is a diff" do
         checksum1 = save_bucket_file("foo\nbar\nbaz")
         checksum2 = save_bucket_file("foo\nbiz\nbaz")
         diff = Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{checksum1}", :diff_with => checksum2)
         diff.should == <<HERE
 2c2
 < bar
 ---
 > biz
 HERE
       end
 
       it "should raise an exception if the hash to diff against isn't found" do
         checksum = save_bucket_file("whatever")
         bogus_checksum = "d1bf072d0e2c6e20e3fbd23f022089a1"
         lambda { Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{checksum}", :diff_with => bogus_checksum) }.should raise_error "could not find diff_with #{bogus_checksum}"
       end
 
       it "should return nil if the hash to diff from isn't found" do
         checksum = save_bucket_file("whatever")
         bogus_checksum = "d1bf072d0e2c6e20e3fbd23f022089a1"
         Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.find("md5/#{bogus_checksum}", :diff_with => checksum).should == nil
       end
     end
   end
 
   describe "when initializing" do
     it "should use the filebucket settings section" do
       Puppet.settings.expects(:use).with(:filebucket)
       Puppet::FileBucketFile::File.new
     end
   end
 
 
   [true, false].each do |override_bucket_path|
     describe "when bucket path #{if override_bucket_path then 'is' else 'is not' end} overridden" do
       [true, false].each do |supply_path|
         describe "when #{supply_path ? 'supplying' : 'not supplying'} a path" do
           before :each do
             Puppet.settings.stubs(:use)
             @store = Puppet::FileBucketFile::File.new
             @contents = "my content"
 
             @digest = "f2bfa7fc155c4f42cb91404198dda01f"
             @digest.should == Digest::MD5.hexdigest(@contents)
 
             @bucket_dir = tmpdir("bucket")
 
             if override_bucket_path
               Puppet[:bucketdir] = "/bogus/path" # should not be used
             else
               Puppet[:bucketdir] = @bucket_dir
             end
 
             @dir = "#{@bucket_dir}/f/2/b/f/a/7/f/c/f2bfa7fc155c4f42cb91404198dda01f"
             @contents_path = "#{@dir}/contents"
           end
 
           describe "when retrieving files" do
             before :each do
 
               request_options = {}
               if override_bucket_path
                 request_options[:bucket_path] = @bucket_dir
               end
 
               key = "md5/#{@digest}"
               if supply_path
                 key += "/path/to/file"
               end
 
               @request = Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:indirection_name, :find, key, request_options)
             end
 
             def make_bucketed_file
               FileUtils.mkdir_p(@dir)
               File.open(@contents_path, 'w') { |f| f.write @contents }
             end
 
             it "should return an instance of Puppet::FileBucket::File created with the content if the file exists" do
               make_bucketed_file
 
               if supply_path
                 @store.find(@request).should == nil
                 @store.head(@request).should == false # because path didn't match
               else
                 bucketfile = @store.find(@request)
                 bucketfile.should be_a(Puppet::FileBucket::File)
                 bucketfile.contents.should == @contents
                 @store.head(@request).should == true
               end
             end
 
             it "should return nil if no file is found" do
               @store.find(@request).should be_nil
               @store.head(@request).should == false
             end
           end
 
           describe "when saving files" do
             it "should save the contents to the calculated path" do
               options = {}
               if override_bucket_path
                 options[:bucket_path] = @bucket_dir
               end
 
               key = "md5/#{@digest}"
               if supply_path
                 key += "//path/to/file"
               end
 
               file_instance = Puppet::FileBucket::File.new(@contents, options)
               request = Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:indirection_name, :save, key, file_instance)
 
               @store.save(request)
               File.read("#{@dir}/contents").should == @contents
             end
           end
         end
       end
     end
   end
 
   describe "when verifying identical files" do
     before do
       # this is the default from spec_helper, but it keeps getting reset at odd times
       Puppet[:bucketdir] = make_absolute("/dev/null/bucket")
 
       @digest = "4a8ec4fa5f01b4ab1a0ab8cbccb709f0"
       @checksum = "{md5}4a8ec4fa5f01b4ab1a0ab8cbccb709f0"
       @dir = make_absolute('/dev/null/bucket/4/a/8/e/c/4/f/a/4a8ec4fa5f01b4ab1a0ab8cbccb709f0')
 
       @contents = "file contents"
 
       @bucket = stub "bucket file"
       @bucket.stubs(:bucket_path)
       @bucket.stubs(:checksum).returns(@checksum)
       @bucket.stubs(:checksum_data).returns(@digest)
       @bucket.stubs(:path).returns(nil)
       @bucket.stubs(:contents).returns("file contents")
     end
 
     it "should raise an error if the files don't match" do
       File.expects(:read).with("#{@dir}/contents").returns("corrupt contents")
       lambda{ Puppet::FileBucketFile::File.new.send(:verify_identical_file!, @bucket) }.should raise_error(Puppet::FileBucket::BucketError)
     end
 
     it "should do nothing if the files match" do
       File.expects(:read).with("#{@dir}/contents").returns("file contents")
       Puppet::FileBucketFile::File.new.send(:verify_identical_file!, @bucket)
     end
 
   end
 end