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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import opendal
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_operator_new_with_path():
+    op = opendal.Operator("memory", root=Path("/tmp"))
+    assert op is not None
+    assert op.capability().read
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+def test_async_operator_new_with_path():
+    op = opendal.AsyncOperator("memory", root=Path("/tmp"))
+    assert op is not None
+    assert op.capability().read