[Mono-list] Right application data folder

["José A. Salvador Vanaclocha"]

Thank you very much.

Here I'll do.

Jose Salvador.

Michael Hutchinson escribió:
> 2010/9/14 "José A. Salvador Vanaclocha" <joansava at gmail.com>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am wondering what is the right place (folder) to store the application
>> data
>>
>> The goal is to use the Environment.GetFolderPath(... facility in order
>> to get good crossplatform behavior, however, if I use
>> Environment.SpecialDolder.ApplicationData, in my Debian system, the
>> folder is .config. I dont know if it is the best place when the most
>> linux's applications store their application data files in a folder
>> begining with .application_name.
>>
>> What is the best way to choose the right application data folder?
> 
> ~/.config is the correct folder for modern apps that follow the XDG
> spec. You should use a subdirectory in that folder for your app's
> data, e.g.
> 
> var appDataDir = Path.Combine (Environment.GetFolderPath
> (Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), applicationName);
>