Re: How To Name My Folder in Application Support?
Re: How To Name My Folder in Application Support?
- Subject: Re: How To Name My Folder in Application Support?
- From: Gregory Weston <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 06:02:56 -0400
On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:43 AM, Jerry Krinock wrote:
It seems like the appropriate location for this file is
~/Library/Application Support/MyApplication/.
Use the app signature instead of its plain name, like .../
com.yourdomain.YourApplication.
Well, I have 38 items in my "Application Support" folder, and most
of them
use the "plain name", like MoreSecurityTest which was installed by
an Apple
Sample Code project. I have a folder called "Apple", which contains
two
subfolders for different Apple apps, and also two different folders
installed by Apple's DVD Player. So, even Apple is not consistent.
I've looked for some theology on this in Apple documentation and
can't find
any. If anyone can read me the rules, please do. The com.domain.app
"signature" seems like a good idea but maybe not if I'm the only
one using
it.
I think generally there are two things to consider. You as a
developer don't want your data to be stepped on by some other app and
the most likely desire for users other than "don't care" is to be
able to unambiguously identify what package some random file on their
disk came from. I think Ondra's suggestion, which I've also seen
previously, serves admirably in both respects.
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