Merge pull request #1153 from lheckemann/path-search
Document path-searching behaviour
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user's home directory. e.g. <filename>~/foo</filename> would be
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equivalent to <filename>/home/edolstra/foo</filename> for a user
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whose home directory is <filename>/home/edolstra</filename>.
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</para></listitem>
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</para>
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<para>Paths can also be specified between angle brackets, e.g.
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<literal><nixpkgs></literal>. This means that the directories
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listed in the environment variable
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<envar linkend="env-NIX_PATH">NIX_PATH</envar> will be searched
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for the given file or directory name.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>Booleans</emphasis> with values
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<literal>true</literal> and
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