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Follow the Freedesktop XDG base directory standard
On Linux, VGrive currently creates a .vgrive/ folder in the user's home directory. Most applications/programs don't create a folder in the user's home directory anymore, but instead use the Freedesktop XDG standard – found here: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html.
Using this standard:
$XDG_CACHE_HOMEsays "temporal/non-essential" files go to$HOME/.cache/$XDG_CONFIG_HOMEsays "configuration files" go to$HOME/.config/$XDG_DATA_HOMEsays "data files" go to$HOME/.local/share/
This is just a request to consider using this standard. It makes a lot of sense; it is easy for the user to understand, makes it easier to backup / locate / restore / manage / clear user's data, and creates less clutter in the user's home directory.
Thanks in advance...and thanks so much for everyone's hard work on this – it's amazing!