Found a great site which seems very promising in explaining how to control the results of the path command. An SVG Primer for Today’s Browsers by David Daily.
http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/cs427/StateOfArt-Dailey.html
Okay, it seems that this is from 2009. It’s now available and up-to-date at the W3 site http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/resources/svgprimer.html
