Re:Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, ...
by subsection1h on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:58PM
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> Just backup that one single folder.
Backups are the main reason why I want programs to follow the XDG Base Directory Specification. I don't want my backups to includes gigabytes of files that should be in ~/.cache, which is a directory I never back up. The shell script that I wrote to back up my PC includes dozens of rsync exclusions for files in ~/.mozilla, etc. that should be in ~/.cache.
Backups are the main reason why I want programs to follow the XDG Base Directory Specification. I don't want my backups to includes gigabytes of files that should be in ~/.cache, which is a directory I never back up. The shell script that I wrote to back up my PC includes dozens of rsync exclusions for files in ~/.mozilla, etc. that should be in ~/.cache.