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authorTony Gorez <gorez.tony@gmail.com>2023-02-06 08:50:07 +0100
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doc: enrich test command with executable
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44347 Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <raisinten@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com>
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@@ -342,12 +342,17 @@ the `--help` option:
$ tools/test.py --help
```
+> Note: On Windows you should use `python3` executable.
+> Example: `python3 tools/test.py test/message`
+
You can usually run tests directly with node:
```text
-$ ./node ./test/parallel/test-stream2-transform.js
+$ ./node test/parallel/test-stream2-transform.js
```
+> Info: `./node` points to your local Node.js build.
+
Remember to recompile with `make -j4` in between test runs if you change code in
the `lib` or `src` directories.