Abigail writes: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 01:55:48PM +0100, Smylers wrote: > > > Hi. I'm looking for some advice on where I should
... ask users to ... > > put the config file for a command I'm distributing on Cpan. Where > > would you ... expect ... > > it to be? I'm interested in opinions of Windows, Mac, and Unix > > users, for both per-user and system-wide config. Um, sorry for missing words out of my original question. > while directory defaults are found in the current working directory. I hadn't considered directory configuration files. Thanks. > I can only tell you what I would do. Thanks, given that there isn't clearly one right way, opinions are what I'm seeking. > For an application womble, I'd look for $PREFIX/etc/womblerc, and > /etc/womblerc, loading the first one found. The load $HOME/.womblerc > (if exists). Finally, look for ./.womblerc, and load that as well (if > exist). OK. By $PREFIX do you mean the parent directory of where the command is installed -- so /usr/local/bin/womble uses /usr/local/etc/womblerc and /usr/bin/womble uses /usr/etc/womblerc? Thanks. Smylers -- Watch fiendish TV quiz 'Only Connect' (some questions by me) Mondays at 20:30 on BBC4, or iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/onlyconnect