[Mono-osx] How to write files to (and read from) special folders

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

I found a discussion on macworld.com
> (http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=100909) that says that
> you never know the context before hand. It depends on the place your app
> was started. You should use "~/Library/Application
> Support/yourapplication". Does the MonoMac community agree?
>

Historically, Mono used the XDG standard for retrieving the parameters from
GetFolderPath, this might need to change, but wont be there any time soon
(best case scenario, we do this for Mono 2.10, but that is still 2 months
away).

You should for now use this to get your home directory:
Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal)

And then use Path.Combine (home, "Library", "Application Support",
"YourApplication")

To get the right path.

Miguel
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