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The prefix option is there to allow Aspell to easily be
relocated. Changing prefix will change all directory names
relative to the new prefix that are not explicitly set. For example
if prefix was /usr/local/aspell and dict-dir
has a default value of /usr/local/aspell/dict than changing
prefix to /opt/aspell will also change the default
value of dict-dir to /opt/aspell/dict. Note that
modifying prefix will only effect the default compiled in
values of directories. If a directory option is explicitly given a
value than changing the value of prefix has no effect on that
directory option.