Hi, GetAppConfigDir(False) returns a directory location where local config information about an application can be store. Is there one for local data? Or is the recommendation (from FreeDesktop.org or Microsoft etc..) that it's okay to use the local config directory for data as well?
eg: I have an app that creates a database to store collected information and input from the user. I would normally not associate that as a "config" file, but rather "data". I currently use the config directory for things like "last opened file", "last user search", window positions etc... that I consider "config" information, but not the local database. I believe Microsoft has a LocalAppData location, but not sure if that is also used for GetAppConfigDir(False). For example: freedesktop.org (I believe) specifies the following file: $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs Which on my system contains the following information. Unfortunately it doesn't have something as clear as "application data" location, though I might consider XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR as a suitable location. eg: $XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR/<appname>/[data goes here] Any suggestions? ------------------------[ user-dirs.dirs ]------------------------------- # This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update # If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're # interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run # Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped # homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an # absolute path. No other format is supported. # XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/downloads/unsorted" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos" -------------------------------[ end ]----------------------------- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
