patplex: Search for the configuration file if it contains no slashes.

[ashd.git] / doc / patplex.doc

diff --git a/doc/patplex.doc b/doc/patplex.doc
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@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ In addition to the 'CONFIGFILE' specified on the command-line,
 *patplex* also attempts to find and read a global configuration file
 called `patplex.rc`, unless the *-N* option is given. It looks in all
 directories named by the *PATH* environment variable, appended with
 *patplex* also attempts to find and read a global configuration file
 called `patplex.rc`, unless the *-N* option is given. It looks in all
 directories named by the *PATH* environment variable, appended with

-`../etc`. For example, then, if *PATH* is
-`/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin`, the directories `/usr/local/etc`,
-`/etc` and `/usr/etc` are searched for `patplex.rc`, in that
-order. Only the first file found is used, should there exist several.
+`../etc/ashd`. For example, then, if *PATH* is
+`/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin`, the directories `/usr/local/etc/ashd`,
+`/etc/ashd` and `/usr/etc/ashd` are searched for `patplex.rc`, in that
+order. Only the first file found is used, should there exist
+several. If the given 'CONFIGFILE' contains any slashes, it is opened
+by that exact name. Otherwise, it is searched for in the same manner
+as the global configuration file.

 
 Should the global and the given configuration files conflict, the
 directives from the given file take precedence.
 
 Should the global and the given configuration files conflict, the
 directives from the given file take precedence.