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Where should I put a preferences file? [message #13428]

Fri, 13 November 1998 00:00

Liam Gumley
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Registered: November 1994

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I have an IDL application in which it would be useful to store a
preferences file for each session. For example, this would allow the
application to remember the last 4 data files loaded.

On a Unix system, the name and location for this file would be something
like

"$HOME/.idlapp"

However my application needs to run on Windows and Macintosh systems as
well. Is there a standard file name/location I can use on Win and Mac
systems?

Cheers,
Liam.

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Liam E. Gumley
Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
1225 W. Dayton St., Madison WI 53706, USA
Phone (608) 265-5358, Fax (608) 262-5974
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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		Where should I put a preferences file? By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 13 November 1998 00:00
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