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+### Add support for EPICS_DB_INCLUDE_PATH to dbLoadTemplate
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+GitHub [PR #636](https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/pull/636)
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+Allow finding the substitution file using path in `EPICS_DB_INCLUDE_PATH` or
+an additional parameter to `dbLoadTemplate`.