new_contents: import unittest
  import EXOSIMS.util.get_dirs as gd
  import os
  
  class TestGetDirs(unittest.TestCase):
      """
      Tests the get_dir tool.
  
      Sonny Rappaport, Cornell, July 2021 
      """
  
      def test_get_paths(self): 
  
          """
          Tests that get_paths returns the proper (relative) paths. 
  
          Test method: Calls the method and tests to see if the path dictionary 
          matches expectations for various trivial inputs. 
          """
  
          #test no parameter output 
          dict_paths = gd.get_paths()
          outputs = dict_paths.values()
          outputs_rel = []
          for x in outputs: 
              outputs_rel.append(os.path.relpath(x))
  
          self.assertEqual(outputs_rel,['.', '.', '.', '.', '.', '..\\.EXOSIMS\\cache', '.'])
subject: add no parameter test for get_paths