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lgro

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Registered: 2010-06-02

Posts: 6

Standard application configuration and data paths on Linux

Hi,
I have some problem with choosing proper place for application global configuration and data paths on Linux.

I saw following paths for application configuration:
/etc/app_name
/etc/xdg/app_name
/usr/share/app_name
/usr/local/share/app_name
/opt/app_name

and following for application data:
/usr/share/app_name
/usr/local/share/app_name
/opt/app_name

Which directories are standard and distribution independent?

best regards,
Lukasz

Last edited by lgro (2012-02-16 20:46:23)

allen875

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Registered: 2011-09-02

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Re: Standard application configuration and data paths on Linux

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Standard application configuration and data paths on Linux

Wouldn't environment variables like XDG_DATA_HOME, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, XDG_CONFIG_HOME, etc be best?

Many languages' standard libraries have functions for accessing these effeciently in a distro-agnostic manner.

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lgro

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Registered: 2010-06-02

Posts: 6

Re: Standard application configuration and data paths on Linux

Thanks for links and information.