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Comment by amusingimpala75

1 month ago

From the example:

  # XDG "compliant" programs
  .config/ etc/
  .local/state/ var/lib/
  .cache/ var/cache/

This is the first I’ve heard of using ~/etc instead of ~/.config as $XDG_CONFIG_DIR. Is there any precedent for that?

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rnhmjoj  1 month ago

Well, it's just the natural extension of the FHS convention to the home directory.

I didn't come up with this idea, though, I think I saw this in a reddit thread and started doing it myself: I like that the directories are visible and follow the usual structure.

  • godelski  1 month ago

    Why not push it under a hidden directory? Like ~/.local/etc? If we're reconstructing some of the hierarchy I think it makes sense to group and hide. Isn't the problem that the home folder is getting cluttered?

    • rnhmjoj  1 month ago

      Why would I hide them? They're not really special and since I'm organising them with modetc they're not cluttered. For reference, my home looks something like this

          ~
    ├── bin         binaries and scripts
    ├── etc         configuration files
    ├── var
    │   ├── lib     program data
    │   └── cache   program caches
    ├── src         git repositories
    ├── img         pictures
    ├── mail        email in maildir format
    ├── note        text notes, todo
    ├── doc         documents
    └── down        downloads

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