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| author | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2011-07-15 21:33:50 +0400 |
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| committer | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2011-07-15 21:33:50 +0400 |
| commit | f306f8a39a20a202756cd75d4a14b5e4d37f48ab (patch) | |
| tree | f08eacf8599b7d439439578edefef8497007bc33 /doc | |
| parent | e67b796a898041ea3b5221d80bbd7a7e1fcc43d3 (diff) | |
Close #1152 Document prefix default better
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/folders.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/folders.md b/doc/folders.md index 9d1835eb7..7c1327a00 100644 --- a/doc/folders.md +++ b/doc/folders.md @@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ This document will tell you what it puts where. ### prefix Configuration -The `prefix` config defaults to node's `process.installPrefix`. On most -systems, this is `/usr/local`. +The `prefix` config defaults to the location where node is installed. +On most systems, this is `/usr/local`, and most of the time is the same +as node's `process.installPrefix`. When the `global` flag is set, npm installs things into this prefix. When it is not set, it uses the root of the current package, or the |