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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: finding the "global" data directory (ex: /opt/kde2/share/apps/)
From:       Sebastian Trueg <sebastian () trueg ! de>
Date:       2001-12-03 15:48:33
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That might work if the file already exists. But what can I do to create a 
file in that directory?

On Monday 03 December 2001 15:23, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> On Monday, 3. December 2001 13:25, Sebastian Trueg wrote:
> > Hy,
> >
> > i need to find the global kde data directory to write a global
> > configuration file for my application. I use KStandardDirs::locate(
> > "data", "myapp/"). When staring the setup via kdesu the directory seems
> > tobe ok: /opt/kde2/share/apps/ on SuSE. But when I run my setup program
> > as root through a shell I get the local appdata dir: ~/.kde2/share/apps/.
> > Is there a way to ensure that I always get the "global" one?
>
> Yes, pick a file.
> KGlobal::dirs()->findResourceDir("data", "myapp/specificfile") + "myapp/"
>
> Greetings, Stephan
>
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