# LOAD\_PATH in 0.7 / nightly

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [May 1, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634 "2018-05-01T10:31:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![alee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alee/32/2954_2.png) [@alee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alee)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634/1 "2018-05-01T10:31:31Z")

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When testing code on a nightly release of Julia, the existence of

`push!(LOAD_PATH, "directory")`

in ~/.juliarc.jl does not have any effect on the `LOAD_PATH` variable in the running Julia session.

Is there a way to set up the `LOAD_PATH` on a system-wide basis, i.e. not by manually putting the push! in each script that is run?

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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634/2 "2018-05-01T10:49:11Z")

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Is it possible that this is because `~/.juliarc.jl` is no longer run as it has been moved to `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`? The order of setting the load path on startup has not changed.

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**Author:** ![alee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alee/32/2954_2.png) [@alee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alee)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634/3 "2018-05-01T10:53:11Z")

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Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure; there is no

`~/.julia/config`

directory on my system, nor is there a config directory in `~/.julia/v0.7` or anywhere else I can think of looking.

Just to be clear, the ~/.juliarc.jl is read as I expected by julia 0.6.2

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634/4 "2018-05-01T11:02:09Z")

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I think you have to create it.

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**Author:** ![alee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alee/32/2954_2.png) [@alee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alee)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634/5 "2018-05-01T12:00:35Z")

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I understand now, thanks.

I see this is also documented properly at:

[https://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/modules/#Module-file-paths-1](https://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/modules/#Module-file-paths-1)

so apologies for not seeing that earlier.

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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-in-0-7-nightly/10634/6 "2018-05-01T12:07:17Z")

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No worries, it changed recently and I didn’t bother with a deprecation so it’s my fault in that sense. If someone wants to add a deprecation it would be a nice contribution.