Quoting the AppConfig POD:

Multiple files may be passed to file() and should indicate the file name or be a reference to an open file handle or glob.

$config->file($filename, $filehandle, \*STDIN, ...);

[...]

room = /home/kitchen     
room   /home/bedroom

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Each subsequent re-definition of the variable value overwrites the previous value.

print $config->room(); # prints "/home/bedroom"
I suggest you use a --mastercfg or similar option in your subordinate scripts, which they will then read after their default configuration file so that AppConfig will override the variables first seen in the default configuration file with the values later seen in the master configuration file.

Makeshifts last the longest.

In reply to Re: Combining Multiple Scripts and their Configuration Files into a Hierarchical Configuration by Aristotle
in thread Combining Multiple Scripts and their Configuration Files into a Hierarchical Configuration by hackdaddy

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