Re: [tlug] Config Files

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Walter Hansen wrote:

> I'm not sure specifically, but most any linux app I know of 
> saves configuration and any data files to the users home 
> directory regardless of where it is installed. This is to make 
> backups and transfers easy. 

The Unix security model is a big consideration. Apps run as a 
user, have to put files in directories that they permission to 
modify. That usually means their home directory and subdirectories 
thereof. That that makes backups and transfers easy is more of 
a coincidental side effect of the Unix security model.