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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by 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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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I use linux and this annoys me to, every program just spams my home directory with config files, even though .config and .cache exist and are the standard

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  • [–] [B] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME= in your environment and most tools follow it

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