Location of config and cache files

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Python-based API-Wrapper to access Scopus

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Location of config and cache files #270

Closed raffaem closed 1 year ago

raffaem commented 1 year ago

The XDG Base Directory specification provides for:

config files to be located in XDG_CONFIG_HOME, which should default to $HOME/.config
cache files to be located in XDG_CACHE_HOME, which should default to $HOME/.cache

Can we move config.ini in $HOME/.config/pybliometrics, and the cache in $HOME/.cache/pybliometrics, and still read also from the old directory ($HOME/.pybliometrics) for backwards compatibility?

Michael-E-Rose commented 1 year ago

I'm sorry, I totally overlooked this issue. You are totally right, the XDG schemas should be the default paths. I changed it such that the old locations can still be used - this includes the very old location ~/.scopus/.

The configuration file is henceforth going to be named ~/.config/pybliometrics.cfg.