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A comment on Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, without symlinks. Parent comment

Re:Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, ... by notamy on Thursday February 09, 2023 @05:39PM (#34732699)
TIL! I guess I'll find a better example.
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Re:Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, ... by acdw on Thursday February 09, 2023 @06:21PM (#34733169)
I humbly submit either bash, sh, or zsh --- they all put dotfiles in $HOME that you can't move (zsh technically /can/, but they're still dotfiles and you have to set them in ~/.zshenv). Very annoying IMO.

Course, might not work so well with the way boxxy is run ... unless you chsh to boxxy bash or something.

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Re:Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, ... by 149765 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:28PM (#34735254)
It's possible to set $ZDOTDIR in /etc/zsh/zshenv, I used to do it before switching to fish.
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