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<https://docs-v1.prefect.io/core/concepts/configuration.html#user-configuration>
mentions an environment variable: `PREFECT__USER_CONFIG_PATH`
Is the expected behavior once this is exported, eg
`export PREFECT__USER_CONFIG_PATH=/a/b/c`
the `.prefect` dir should be at `/a/b/c/.prefect` ?

&gt; By default, Prefect will look for a user configuration file at `$HOME/.prefect/config.toml`, but you can change that location by setting the environment variable `PREFECT__USER_CONFIG_PATH` appropriately. Please note the double-underscore (`__`) in the variable name

Does anybody know if this is the case or not?

At the moment I am setting this PREFECT__USER_CONFIG_PATH env var, and it appears to be being ignored, and my $HOME dir is being used regardless.

<https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/issues/5810>

not sure if this is exactly the same issue or not - added above for now.