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2.5 Search paths

In looking for Asymptote system files, asy will search the following paths, in the order listed:

  1. The current directory;
  2. The directory .asy in the user's home directory (%USERPROFILE%/.asy under MSDOS);
  3. A list of one or more directories specified by the configuration variable dir (separated by : under UNIX and ; under MSDOS);
  4. The system directory (default: /usr/share/asymptote under UNIX and c:\Program Files\Asymptote under MSDOS).