Re: Best practice for config files?
"Michael F. Stemper via Python-list" <[email protected]>
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On 22/05/2025 15.27, Stefan Ram wrote: > "Michael F. Stemper" <[email protected]> wrote or quoted: >> Should I specify the location of the config file with a command-line >> option, or is requiring the program to be executed in the directory >> containing the configuration file considered acceptable practice? > > It was me who digged out this "platformdirs" "user_config_dir" > API using a source code search on my harddisk without any help. > But then I asked my buddy, the chatbot, to explain how to > use it, which I include here, followed by some more words > of my own at the end. Chatbot: [massive snip] > On Linux: > > ~/.config/YourAppName [another one] Wow, if that's the best practice, I'll settle for second-best! Somebody who wished to remain anonymous contacted me via email and suggested that I could have my cake and eat it, too. I am going ahead with having a default location for the config file, as well as a command-line option to specify a different file. Blindingly obvious! And the default will not be in the directory in which the program is being run. Your post reminded me of the existence of $HOME/.config which is obviously the right place for it. Thanks for all of the suggestions. -- Michael F. Stemper I refuse to believe that a corporation is a person until Texas executes one.