Re: how to find configuration files

[Hongli Lai <h lai chello nl>]

danny van elsen wrote:
> hello all,
>
> I'm working on a gnome program in c++, for which I store configuration 
> data in a separate file.
>
> The Makefile installs this file in $(datadir)/myapp/.
>
> On my system this translates to '/opt/gnome/share/myapp/   but what is 
> the 'correct' way in a gnome program to determine the directory with 
> configuration files?

Actually, that *is* the "correct" way. Or should I say: the defacto 
standard way.

A problem with hardcoding the path in the executable is that it makes 
your app non-relocatable. Windows app usually find their data files 
relative to the executable's folder. But you can do the same thing on 
Linux too. See http://autopackage.org/docs/binreloc/