Common writable folders

[Bob Warren]

Richard Gaskin wrote:


 >I have an app which will be for Mac and Win, and maybe Linux down the 
road, in which I need to store some data in a folder which needs to be 
writable by all users. Both Mac and Win provide common folders for 
reading data: Mac /HD/System Folder/Application Support Win C:/Documents 
and Settings/All Users/Application Data ...but in my testing here only 
users with admin privileges can write to those folders. :( What is the 
OS-recommended place to store common data which can be written by any user?

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Sounds like a perfect candidate for a Linux pendrive solution as 
outlined in my "Rev's Portability" thread! That is exactly the kind of 
problem I was trying to outline. It's an example of what I meant by 
"heavy" use of the file system described in the original post. Of 
course, it all depends on whether your app really needs to be run on the 
HD or not. If not, then no problem. If so, then I can't help very much, 
since "cross platform" apps at this level tend to become either highly 
complex or unviable.

Regards,
Bob