ExtUtils::MakeMakers WriteMakefile function takes 
    test => { TESTS => 't/*.t' },

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as a parameter. You can set it to whatever, and the resulting makefile executes something like 
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '
+blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t\001_load.t ...

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which may or may not agree with various shells (which have their own limits). I suggest you do kinda like Mail::Box does, and have a simple test.pl, one which uses Test::Harness to run the various test files in any way you please. Actually, something like the following is better: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
# file: test.pl

use ExtUtils::Command::MM;
@ARGV = qw[
    mytests/01-load-This.t
    ...
];
test_harness( $ENV{TEST_VERBOSE} || 0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch');

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Combine that with test => { TESTS => 'test.pl' }, and you've got gold ;)

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In reply to Re: MakeMaker and multiple test directories by PodMaster
in thread MakeMaker and multiple test directories by simonm

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