On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:40:32 +0000, Duncan Booth wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> In Linux, config files should go into:
>>
>> ~/.<appname>/ or /etc/<appname>/
>>
>> In Windows (which versions?) then should go into the Documents And
>> Settings folder, where ever that is.
>>
>> There's no single string which can represent both of these conventions!
>
> The first of those should do nicely for both Linux and Windows:
>
>>>> os.path.normpath(os.path.expanduser('~/.appname'))
> 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Duncan\\.appname'
Except Windows users will be wondering why they have a directory starting
with '.' in their home directory. Dot to make files hidden is not AFAIK
supported by Windows.
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