title: LESS @import: Passing paths to lessc
body: <p>I'd like to use LESS stylesheets in a parent and child theme, in which most of the stylesheet information is specified by the parent and the child simply overrides a few files. This is possible with the Ruby version of LESS like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var parser = new(less.Parser)({
      paths: ['.', './lib'], // Specify search paths for @import directives
      filename: 'style.less' // Specify a filename, for better error messages
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but is it possible with the command line compiler <code>lessc</code>? I'd like to say:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ lessc --path=".;../parent" style.less
  </code></pre>