On 2020-04-26 07:46, Maf. King wrote: > On Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:38:41 BST Stan Brown wrote: >> And I would urge strongly that the setting should default to the normal >> location for temp files, not to the same location as the data file. >> Again, I'm thinking of the new user who is surprised to find dozens or >> even hundreds of extra files in the working directory after a long >> session when getting acquainted with GC. The normal location is %TEMP% >> in Windows. I don't know what it is in other operating systems, but I'm >> sure our developers do. >> > > Hi Stan, > > just an observation. > > /tmp on linux is usually world readable... not a great idea for a default > place to write potentially sensitive financial info.
Hi, Maf! I accept that it is as you say in Linux, but it does seem a strange choice. Where do Linux apps put their temp files, if /tmp is not suitable since it is world readable? Surely a best practice already exists for such situations, no? But in default of that I would support Adrien's proposal for a subdirectory. Anything to avoid putting them in a folder where theyh get in the way! -- Regards, Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com http://OakRoadSystems.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
