$XDG_CACHE_HOME says "temporal/non-essential" files go to $HOME/.cache/
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME says "configuration files" go to $HOME/.config/
$XDG_DATA_HOME says "data files" go to $HOME/.local/share/
This is just a report to consider using the defined variables for this standard to fix this bug / not bug.
It makes a lot of sense; it is easy for the user to understand, makes it easier to backup / locate / restore / manage / clear user's data, and creates less clutter in the user's home directory.
Thanks in advance...and thanks so much for your hard work on this – it's amazing!
Environment
Platform: Linux
OS specifics: Linux uplink 6.6.34-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:45:31 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Describe
On Linux,
Fly CLI
is inadvertently creatin a.fly
sub-directory in the user's home directory :scream:Applications must follow the
Freedesktop XDG
standard — found here: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html.Using this standard:
$XDG_CACHE_HOME
says "temporal/non-essential" files go to$HOME/.cache/
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME
says "configuration files" go to$HOME/.config/
$XDG_DATA_HOME
says "data files" go to$HOME/.local/share/
This is just a report to consider using the defined variables for this standard to fix this bug / not bug.
It makes a lot of sense; it is easy for the user to understand, makes it easier to backup / locate / restore / manage / clear user's data, and creates less clutter in the user's home directory.
Thanks in advance...and thanks so much for your hard work on this – it's amazing!
Environment
Platform:
Linux
OS specifics:Linux uplink 6.6.34-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:45:31 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux