On Tuesday 28 June 2011 05:42:41 pm Jeff Licquia wrote: > On 06/28/2011 05:31 PM, Randy Kramer wrote: > > Thanks, but it doesn't do the trick for me. > > > > Please delete the phrase "underneath home directories" as: > > * there seems to be no need to restrict the user-specific > > directory hierarchies to the home directory--let the user put them > > where he wants them > > * the referenced XDG specs do not make such a restriction > > * my original request was specifically to have the ability to > > get certain types of files out of the home directory > > Does it help to know that there will be a similarly-worded stanza for > the other directories referenced in XDG? They just won't show up in > the /home section (outside of a possible reference to their > existence).
I don't follow the above--maybe when I see an example. > I also don't see how my wording encourages anything more than what > XDG and GLib already encourage: ~/.config, ~/.local, and so on. XDG sort of encourages ~, but by no means limits one to ~. For example, from the XDG Base Directory Specification: <quote> Environment variables $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used. </quote> The default is in ~, but there is no restriction about the possible values of $XDG_DATA_HOME. regards, Randy Kramer _______________________________________________ fhs-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss
