I think that this is the way to go: mkdir /etc/skel/myrealhome mkdir $HOME/myrealhome echo "cd $HOME/myrealhome" >> /etc/profile
Still will be nice if the FHS and LSB will make a recommendation for the new programs to store there settings in $HOME/.settings. Best regards, Emanuel Dejanu -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Sippel - Dau Sent: 26 martie 2002 16:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: User settings Emanuel Dejanu wrote: > > I have problems with how Linux keep program settings. > If you use many programs then your home is full with > lots of files and directories that you do not use, > directly and then your home is a mess. What you think > that inseteat of using $HOME/ to keep program settings > to use $HOME/.settings/ directory ? Nice idea, but why not try to walk before you run, and do something easy first, like chewing granite or shifting mountains ? Truth is that it is virtally impossible to eradicate at a stroke all programs which put personal preferences, settings, start scripts etc. into $HOME, thus you end up with several directories rather than just one that is a total mess. It is a much easier - though not better - approach to just accept $HOME going messy and put the stuff you know and care about elsewhere. Thomas * Why not use metric units and get it right first time, every time ? * * email: cmaae47 @ imperial.ac.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
