Hi Dave, > The plan for an app that I'm doing was to use SQLite for data and to hold the > preference settings as some apps do. The plan was changed last week to allow > the user to select the location of the data files (SQLite) rather than > putting it where the OS would dictate. Ok with that, but it brings up some > questions. First, I will need to have a file that points to the location of > the data file since that can't be hard coded. Second, if I have to have a > file that is likely part of the application group of files, would it make > more sense to use a more traditional preferences file? How have other Python > app developers done in this case?
We handle the "where is my config file" question by defaulting to script's current directory, then a script-specific folder within their home directory. Users can override that behavior by setting a script specific environment variable or by using a command line switch to point to a different location or config file. We store our preferences in an INI style config file which we've found easier to support when there's problems. Malcolm -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
