Databases
StackOverflow2013
Postsdbo
PO
 

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals
  1. PO
    primarykey
    data
    text
    <p>You should adhere your application to the <strong><a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html" rel="noreferrer">XDG Base Directory Specification</a></strong>. Most answers here are either obsolete or wrong.</p> <p>Your application should store and load data and configuration files to/from the directories pointed by the following environment variables:</p> <ul> <li><strong><code>$XDG_DATA_HOME</code></strong> (default: <code>"$HOME/.local/share"</code>): user-specific data files.</li> <li><strong><code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</code></strong> (default: <code>"$HOME/.config"</code>): user-specific configuration files.</li> <li><strong><code>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</code></strong> (default: <code>"/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/"</code>): precedence-ordered set of system data directories.</li> <li><strong><code>$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</code></strong> (default: <code>"/etc/xdg"</code>): precedence-ordered set of system configuration directories.</li> <li><strong><code>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</code></strong> (default: <code>"$HOME/.cache"</code>): user-specific non-essential data files.</li> </ul> <p>You should first determine if the file in question is:</p> <ol> <li>A configuration file (<code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME:$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</code>);</li> <li>A data file (<code>$XDG_DATA_HOME:$XDG_DATA_DIRS</code>); or</li> <li>A non-essential (cache) file (<code>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</code>).</li> </ol> <p>It is recommended that your application put its files in a subdirectory of the above directories. Usually, something like <code>$XDG_DATA_DIRS/&lt;application&gt;/filename</code> or <code>$XDG_DATA_DIRS/&lt;vendor&gt;/&lt;application&gt;/filename</code>.</p> <p>When loading, you first try to load the file from the user-specific directories (<code>$XDG_*_HOME</code>) and, if failed, from system directories (<code>$XDG_*_DIRS</code>). When saving, save to user-specific directories only (since the user probably won't have write access to system directories).</p> <p>For other, more user-oriented directories, refer to the <strong><a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs" rel="noreferrer">XDG User Directories Specification</a></strong>. It defines directories for the Desktop, downloads, documents, videos, etc.</p>
    singulars
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. POLocation of ini/config files in linux/unix?
      singulars
      1. PTQuestion
    1. PTAnswer
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. USJuliano
    plurals
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. VO
      singulars
      1. PO
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    2. VO
      singulars
      1. PO
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    3. VO
      singulars
      1. PO
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    1. COThis looks really promising. Thanks for mentioning it. If nothing else it eliminated the dot file clutter in the home directory that always irritates me!
      singulars
      1. PO
      1. USNewton Falls
    2. COThese environment variables doesn’t work on Mac OS X, even though it is a Unix. In the Terminal, neither `echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME` nor `env | grep XDG` show anything. Should I hard-code the default values for these variables in my Mac OS X scripts?
      singulars
      1. PO
      1. USRory O'Kane
    3. COI see that that specification is by [freedesktop.org](http://www.freedesktop.org/), which works on “interoperability and shared technology for X Window System desktops”. I’m not sure exactly what a “[X Window System](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System) desktop” is, but not even xterm within [X11.app](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11.app) has those environment variables. So this answer doesn’t apply to all Unixes.
      singulars
      1. PO
      1. USRory O'Kane
 

Querying!

 
Guidance
A row detail

Detail views are divided into sections. All the information in the data section comes from columns in the selected row. The other sections display data from other, related rows.

Related data can be related in a to-one or a to-many fashion. Captions of data related in a to-many fashion link to a list view showing a filtered view of the table.

Try moving around until you find a non-empty to-many entry and click on the label to get to one. You can move back to the root by clicking on the database name in the header.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload