[Philadelphia-pm] Persistent data directory

[Nate Smith]

How much data are you talking about?  If it's reasonably small, and you are
definitely only working with Win32, you could always consider keeping it in the
registry.

-Nate

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 01:17:24PM -0500, Eric Roode wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Chris Nehren <c.nehren/phl at shadowcat.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>     On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:58, Mark Gardner wrote:
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
>     >
>     > As for *where* to store things (the original question), one system-wide
>     place is the distribution's share directory, enabled by modules like
>     File::ShareDir and File::Share. Other options for portably finding places
>     to write include File::HomeDir and File::ConfigDir.
> 
>     Eek, sorry I misunderstood. I'll concur with Mark's suggestion of
>     File::ShareDir or File::HomeDir--though as you're on Windows these options
>     may not put things where you otherwise expect.
> 
> 
> S'okay, Chris. :-)
> 
> Mark:  Aha!  Very interesting; I hadn't known about those modules.  I wonder if
> there are any issues about *writing* files in those directories.  Probably not
> (although I'll be sure to lock filehandles properly)... but I should be
> prepared in case the directory is read-only.
> 
> Thank you!
> -- Eric
> 

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