* test/README: Explain $REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index e473248c9e0..ef5f53cba55 100644
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ debugging.  To do that, use
 
     make TEST_INTERACTIVE=yes ...
 
+Some of the tests require a remote temporary directory
+(filenotify-tests.el, shadowfile-tests.el and tramp-tests.el).  Per
+default, a mock-up connection method is used (this might not be
+possible when running on MS Windows).  If you want to test a real
+remote connection, set $REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY to a suitable
+value in order to overwrite the default value:
+
+  env REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY=/ssh:host:/tmp make ...
+
 
 (Also, see etc/compilation.txt for compilation mode font lock tests.)