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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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[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME= in your environment and most tools follow it

[-] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I have, unfortunatly a lot of programs dont.

[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Right, forgot. And the specific workaround.

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