autoconf -- variable for home directory

pinty · 07-09-2009, 09:50 AM

Hi, I am looking at this section of the autoconf manual.
However I do not see a variable $homedir for the actual user's home, so I do not know what is the proper way of creating a settings directory like ~/.myapplication and letting the application know that the user chose to store his settings there. Of course I could just hardcode "~/.myapplication" into myapplication source code, but is it the proper way?

Mara · 07-09-2009, 12:21 PM

Yes, it is. Plus you may add an option to specify the directory where to keep the configuration in, but this is rarely done.

pinty · 07-10-2009, 03:24 AM

Hi, Mara, thanks for making that clear. What is the option name for the settings directory?