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I am developing an application that targets Linux-based OS, and I need to store the user's configuration, metadata and other things in a persistent way (i.e. on the file system). I know that one c...
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How to manage user-specific application data on Linux?
I am developing an application that targets Linux-based OS, and I need to store the user's configuration, metadata and other things in a persistent way (i.e. on the file system). I know that one common approach is to store user-specific application data in a "dotfile" in the user's `$HOME` directory (e.g. a file called `$HOME/.my-application-name`). However, I would like to be able to store and manage several different files in the same way without polluting the user's `$HOME` directory. What is the idiomatic way of doing this?