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Add note on plugin distributions in plugins folder

This commit adds a note regarding not storing a plugin distribution in
the plugins directory during installation or instllation will fail.

Relates #27400
Jason Tedor 8 years ago
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@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ bin\elasticsearch-plugin install file:///C:/path/to/plugin.zip
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 NOTE: Any path that contains spaces must be wrapped in quotes!
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+NOTE: If you are installing a plugin from the filesystem the plugin distribution
+must not be contained in the `plugins` directory for the node that you are
+installing the plugin to or installation will fail.
 
 HTTP::
 To install a plugin from a HTTP URL: