Re: Best practice for config files?

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On Thu, 22 May 2025 14:59:28 -0500
"Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

Is requiring the program to be executed in the directory containing
the configuration file considered acceptable practice?

Freedesktop.org proposes a specification for where such things ought
to be located:

+ https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/

Here's how I do it:

def get_xdg_config_home():

    """The configuration directory.

    Normally $HOME/.config.

    """
   
    result = pathlib.Path.home() / ".config"
    return result

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