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All programs should tell you where they store config files
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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If it's not in /etc it should be in the directory the exe file is located.
Certainly not. Nothing should write to /usr/bin except for the package manager in FHS distros and some distros binary directories aren't writable at all.
Well good because a program shouldn’t be writing to its config file either.
~/.configis the non-root version of/etcthese days. But you just have to know that, which isn't ideal.If you are a developer, please take a look at the XDG Base Directory Specification and try to follow it, users will be very grateful.
Short summary: Look for
$XDG_CONFIG_HOMEfor configs and$XDG_STATE_HOMEfor state. If they aren't available, use the defaults (./configand.local/share).