That could of course fix the issue for know, but I'm running multiple FS' and would like to keep the structure for automatic updates on all FS' etc.
...and I guess I like the real issue to be fixed, which is why FS doesn't recognise the value.
My startup log shows:

2015-10-27 01:50:06.454994 [INFO] mod_lua.cpp:335 lua: appending script directory: '/etc/freeswitch/scripts/?.lua'

2015-10-27 01:50:06.455000 [INFO] mod_lua.cpp:325 binding 'users.lua' to 'directory'

2015-10-27 01:50:06.455008 [INFO] mod_lua.cpp:404 lua: LUA_PATH set to: '/etc/freeswitch/scripts/?.lua'



On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Kamil Nigmatullin <kamil.nigmatullin@gmail.com> wrote:

Just make a symlink to the folder
27 окт. 2015 г. 3:07 пользователь "Michael Nielsen" <mic.niel84@gmail.com> написал:


>
> That refers to /usr/share/FreeSWITCH/scripts  
> But I want the other dir which is set in LUA.conf.xml. 
> The capital letters is my autocorrect on iOS :(
>
>
> On Monday, October 26, 2015, Russell Treleaven <rtreleaven@bunnykick.ca> wrote:
>>
>> from the freeswitch console issue  "global_getvar script_dir"
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Michael Nielsen <mic.niel84@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The FS wiki mentions /?.lua, and I've tried without that ending but still no luck. 
>>>
>>> I'm running freeswitch-all Debian package 1.6.2. 
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, October 26, 2015, Michael Nielsen <mic.niel84@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I've restarted FS and actually the entire server...
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM, ik <idokan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you restarted freeswitch after setting the directory?
>>>>> The lua module is loaded as a core module, and can only be reloaded with FS itself (as I found out myself the hard way).
>>>>>
>>>>> Ido
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Michael Nielsen <mic.niel84@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My log shows this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-10-23 08:00:17.609061 [INFO] mod_lua.cpp:335 lua: appending script directory: '/etc/freeswitch/scripts/?.lua'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-10-23 08:00:17.609067 [INFO] mod_lua.cpp:325 binding 'users.lua' to 'directory'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-10-23 08:00:17.609075 [INFO] mod_lua.cpp:404 lua: LUA_PATH set to: '/etc/freeswitch/scripts/?.lua'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I move my script to /usr/share/... then it works, but I would like to keep my scripts in one place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Michael Nielsen <mic.niel84@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I get the error:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cannot open /usr/share/freeswitch/scripts/users.lua
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My script is located at /etc/freeswitch/scripts/ and I've added the following to my lua.conf.xml
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <param name="script-directory" value="/etc/freeswitch/scripts/?.lua"/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <param name="xml-handler-script" value="users.lua"/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <param name="xml-handler-bindings" value="directory"/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why is it still looking in /usr/share/freeswitch...?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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