diff -r 058bb3dc685f -r 0b59724cb3f2 cubicweb/server/test/unittest_serverctl.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/cubicweb/server/test/unittest_serverctl.py	Sat Jan 16 13:48:51 2016 +0100
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+import os.path as osp
+import shutil
+
+from cubicweb.devtools import testlib, ApptestConfiguration
+from cubicweb.server.serverctl import _local_dump, DBDumpCommand
+from cubicweb.server.serverconfig import ServerConfiguration
+
+class ServerCTLTC(testlib.CubicWebTC):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ServerCTLTC, self).setUp()
+        self.orig_config_for = ServerConfiguration.config_for
+        config_for = lambda appid: ApptestConfiguration(appid, apphome=self.datadir)
+        ServerConfiguration.config_for = staticmethod(config_for)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        ServerConfiguration.config_for = self.orig_config_for
+        super(ServerCTLTC, self).tearDown()
+
+    def test_dump(self):
+        DBDumpCommand(None).run([self.appid])
+        shutil.rmtree(osp.join(self.config.apphome, 'backup'))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from unittest import main
+    main()