thraxil has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
i'm making a little app that i want to work cross-platform. making the code cross-platform so far isn't a problem.
what i'm not sure how to handle at the moment is a matter of convention. the app needs to store settings and state between runs. my problem is figuring out where to store these files. on any unix system, this is a no-brainer. you just create a directory like '~/.myapp/' and stick anything you need in there.
i am utterly unfamiliar with Windows conventions though. where would a good windows app store its config files? similarly, while using '~/.myapp/' should work on OS X, is it considered good form or is there a better place for it?
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Re: (OT) cross-platform $HOME
by NetWallah (Canon) on Feb 23, 2004 at 04:38 UTC | |
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 23, 2004 at 05:07 UTC | |
by allolex (Curate) on Feb 23, 2004 at 15:37 UTC | |
Re: (OT) cross-platform $HOME
by b10m (Vicar) on Feb 23, 2004 at 12:01 UTC | |
use User;
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Feb 23, 2004 at 13:04 UTC | |
Re: (OT) cross-platform $HOME
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Feb 23, 2004 at 06:58 UTC | |
Re: (OT) cross-platform $HOME
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 16, 2009 at 11:21 UTC | |
Re: (OT) cross-platform $HOME
by BUU (Prior) on Feb 23, 2004 at 06:12 UTC |
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