Hello All,
While working on a the SQL3 database tests for WSJT, I ran across a
rather painless solution for storing user_{config,data,log}_dirs rather
than sticking everything in the appdir = (~\install\directory\root).
Using the appropriate FSH (File System Hierarchy) approach has numerous
advantages, not least of which, can be version specific and answers the
request from several folks to provide a means in which to separate data
files from application files allowing easier upgrade transitions.
Currently, there are a number of files created when WSJT fires up:
WSJT.INI, decoded.ave, decoded.txt, ALL.TXT, FFT_plans, prefixes.txt,
etc. Some of these files are version specific, WSJT.INI for example.
This proposal would bring WSJT and eventually WSPR, inline with what is
now being employed in WSJT-X:
- Windows/{XP/Vists/7/8/10)/%LOCALAPPDATA%\WSJT-X\WSJT-X.in etc
- Linux/( ~/.local/share/<AppName> or $XDG_DATA_HOME )
- Mac/(~/Library/Application Support/<AppName>)
PROPOSED SOLUTION:
ActiveState Python brought out a single-file Python module ( back in
2010 ) called appdirs. It is a small Python class that sorts all this
out for us with minimal effort. All we need to do is add the module to
WsjtMod, import it, set the appropriate paths ( only two are needed ) at
the top of WSJT.py / WSPR.py, then update the directory calls ( just a
few ).
Things like WSJT.INI would be version specific (^/wsjt/10.0, ^/WSJT/10.1
etc) while others, common files like CALL3.TXT, QSO Log Files and
Databases, could reside in the common user_data_dir.
A full explication of what appdirs.py provides can be found here:
Link: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/appdirs
If there are no objections, and this is certainly open for further
discussion, I'd like to implement this while working on the SQLite3
Logfile integration?
73's
Greg, KI7MT
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