Marcel Offermans wrote: ...
Other than that, I don't have a preference for the default name for this directory. In the applications we've deployed so far, we've changed this default anyway (a dot-style directory looks a bit strange on Windows for example, so we even vary the name depending on the platform).
This brings up a good point. Why should this directory be hidden and in the user's home directory? Many Java applications create a directory at startup for a database and they often create this directory *inside* the directory the application is run out of. I change this location, too, to create the directory inside the oscar directory. I find this slightly easier for backing-up or moving oscar.
Oscar 1.0 is the only Java app I can think of that does this into the user's home directory and hidden. Most Linux and Java clients do this for config, but it's rare for servers.
Enrique
