[fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir and GetAppConfigFile output

[Michalis Kamburelis]

Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently tryed to use those two functions, so I created a test app
> with 4 functions:
> 
>   WriteLn(GetAppConfigDir(True));
>   WriteLn(GetAppConfigDir(False));
>   WriteLn(GetAppConfigFile(True));
>   WriteLn(GetAppConfigFile(False));
> 
> The output on a GNU/Linux system:
> 
> /etc
> /home/felipe/project1
> /etc/project1.cfg
> /home/felipe/.project1
> 
> Is the output for non global configurations correct?
> 
> Shoudn't it be:
> 
> /etc
> /home/felipe/.project1
> /etc/project1.cfg
> /home/felipe/.project1.cfg
> 
> I never see programs create folders without the dot on the home
> directory. This surely would be an unconvenient behavior.
> 
> The output is the same on 2.0.0 and 2.0.2
> --
> Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho


Some time ago I sent a patch that fixes this, it was applied to FPC 
2.1.1 and 2.0.3. Unfortunately it didn't make it to 2.0.2 release. See 
this thread on fpc-devel: 
[http://www.mail-archive.com/fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org/msg03542.html].

Michalis