diff -Nru watchdog-0.9.0.old/tests/conftest.py watchdog-0.9.0/tests/conftest.py
--- watchdog-0.9.0.old/tests/conftest.py	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ watchdog-0.9.0/tests/conftest.py	2018-11-19 13:54:38.883980668 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from functools import partial
+import os
+import pytest
+from tests import shell
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def tmpdir(request):
+    path = os.path.realpath(shell.mkdtemp())
+    def finalizer():
+        shell.rm(path, recursive=True)
+    request.addfinalizer(finalizer)
+    return path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def p(tmpdir, *args):
+    """
+    Convenience function to join the temporary directory path
+    with the provided arguments.
+    """
+    return partial(os.path.join, tmpdir)