root variable in location reset to default value (/usr/share/nginx/html) when using rewrite in this location

[Shi3A@…]

"root" changes to global value (defined in server section or /usr/share/nginx/html if root not defined), and redefine "root" in location haven't any result.
Example:
server {

server_name local;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log debug;
root /some/www/folder;

location /path {

root /another/www/folder;
rewrite /path(.*)$ $1 last;

}

}

I got a 404 page error when I trying to open local/path/index.html

and logs:
user@local:$ grep "/some/www/folder/" local.error.log

2016/10/18 12:55:44 [debug] 602#602: *4 http filename: "/some/www/folder/index.html"
2016/10/18 12:55:44 [error] 602#602: *4 open() "/some/www/folder/index.html" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: local, request: "GET /path/index.html HTTP/1.1", host: "local"

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

According to ​the documentation of the rewrite directive:

the last parameter stops processing the current set of ngx_http_rewrite_module directives and starts a search for a new location matching the changed URI;

The changed URI in your case is /index.html, and it doesn't match the /path location.