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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml index 8850c1736b..3f01170508 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml @@ -86,8 +86,13 @@ <tag><c>File = string()</c></tag> <item>Name of another <c>.config</c> file. Extension <c>.config</c> can be omitted. It is - recommended to use absolute paths. A relative path is - relative the current working directory of the emulator.</item> + recommended to use absolute paths. If a relative path is used, + <c>File</c> is searched, first, relative from <c>sys.config</c> directory, then relative + to the current working directory of the emulator, for backward compatibility. + This allow to use a <c>sys.config</c> pointing out other <c>.config</c> files in a release + or in a node started manually using <c>-config ...</c> with same result whatever + the current working directory. + </item> </taglist> <p>When traversing the contents of <c>sys.config</c> and a filename is encountered, its contents are read and merged with the result |