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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by wet_lettuce@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

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[–] SocialJusticeHeals@mastodon.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@wet_lettuce
Should be /etc or /usr/local/etc or /opt/etc or /opt/vendor/product/etc or ~/etc.

With some exceptions for historic compatibility (like ~/.bashrc)

The man page should specify where.

[–] exu@feditown.com 6 points 1 year ago

The exceptions should only apply for cases where XDG is not available. In any other case, the appropriate XDG directoy configured by the user should be used first.

[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 1 year ago

For user-specific config files, aren't they all supposed to be in ~/.config these days? I've never heard of software using ~/etc.