Github user ctubbsii commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/160#discussion_r85227856
--- Diff: docs/src/main/asciidoc/chapters/iterator_design.txt ---
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ pitfalls.
To invoke an Accumulo Iterator inside of the TabletServer, the Iterator
class must be on the classpath of every
TabletServer. For production environments, it is common to place a JAR
file which contains the Iterator in
-`$ACCUMULO_HOME/lib`. In development environments, it is convenient to
instead place the JAR file in
-`$ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/ext` as JAR files in this directory are dynamically
reloaded by the TabletServers alleviating the
+`$ACCUMULO_LIB_DIR`. In development environments, it is convenient to
instead place the JAR file in
+`$ACCUMULO_LIB_DIR/ext` as JAR files in this directory are dynamically
reloaded by the TabletServers alleviating the
--- End diff --
Instead of mentioning putting jars in lib/ext, we can refer instead to the
dynamic classpaths property. That reduces our obligation to preserve this
directory and related environment variables in our scripts, in favor of the
user customizing that property to point to a directory of their choosing, when
they actually need it.
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