[Koha-devel] zebra config files : about default.idx

[Mike Taylor]

Joshua Ferraro writes:
>> This is not a bug.  It is the standard interpretation of what "path"
>> means in every context I can think of: the PATH environment variable
>> that chooses which commands to run in Unix, the MANPATH environment
>> variable that finds documentation, the include paths made by -I
>> command-line options to GCC, Perl and other tools.
>
> hmmm ... in my experience, it's actually the exact opposite of what
> path means :-) I would expect that the last item in a given list
> would be the one to take priority as in the PATH environment
> variable :-) That is, I go:
> 
> PATH=$PATH:/data/myscripts
> 
> not:
> 
> PATH=/data/myscripts:$PATH
> 
> when I want to add a new path that overrides the defaults.

I think you should re-read your own example.  Maybe it's a bit too hot
in America, too?  :-)

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