Bahman M. (@bahmanm@mastodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image My fellow software engineer, It's the year 2024. Please store your #Linux #desktop application configurations ONLY in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. NOT in `$HOME` or other non-standard or obsolete places. May #FreeDesktop be your guide. https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/ #Programming #DevOps #SysAdmin

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  • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
    7·
    5 months ago

    What language? Python has PyXDG.

    In shell it’s simply

    XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-"$HOME"/.local/share}"
XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}"
etc.
    • sfera@beehaw.org
      2·
      5 months ago

      Thanks, I did not know about PyXDG. That was the type of thing I was asking about.