Linux user Application Data folder path

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Mark,

On both Mac and Linux you should use ~/applications. There preferences  
folder is for preferences files, not for standalone applications.

One possible location for a preferences file on Linux is the home  
directory. Make sure to start the name of the file with a period, to  
hide it under normal circumstances. The global variable $HOME returns  
the path to the home directory.

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On 26 dec 2008, at 02:32, mfstuart wrote:

>
> Hi Mark S.
> I can't try it because I don't have a Linux box available now.
> But will be putting the application out to beta sometime soon - next  
> year
> :).
>
> So if I do the following:
>  put specialFolderPath("Preferences") into tPath --for MacOS
>  put specialFolderPath(26) into tPath --for Windows
>  put ~/applications into tPath --for Linux
>
> This should return me the path to the users applications folder?
> And after that if I append the software company name & application  
> name,
> this should be OK for storing application information, such  
> application
> settings?
>
> Regards,
> Mark Stuart