Op 07-06-11 21:53, David Kuehling schreef: > for the "alex4" port I configured the game to write save-data and score > data to /var . > > Now I just realized that /var is a tmpfs that looses all data after > reboot. > > Is that really intended? Where would I then write save-data to? > /usr/share? /etc?
I would expect any program to write only to places where the user executing the program would normally have write access. A game should not normally be run as root, which means it should really only write to the home directory or subdirectories of it. The only exception is a centralized high score file, but on the Ben we don't have multiple users, so that's a non-issue. Following the xdg base directory specification you should use: $HOME/.local/share for data (saves and score are both data) $HOME/.config for configuration $HOME/.cache for regeneratable data All data should be in a subdir in there. So for alex4, you should use $HOME/.local/share/alex4/ Source: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html Thanks, Bas _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
