[maemo-developers] User-specific files for maemo packages

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Till Harbaum / Lists wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Am Montag 11 Januar 2010 schrieb ibrahim:
>> I wonder how can I put some user-specific files on the filesystem that 
>> can't get removed when my application package is uninstalled.

I am not sure that this is a good idea. The user should have the right to remove your application data if they want to.

> Don't create the directory through the debian package, but let
> the application create the directory when there's a need (e.g.
> just when you want to store your app specific files).

This is most likely a good idea. There are a number of places specified by the FHS as to where exactly you should put user data, depending on how long you want it around, if it is a config file, or the type it is stored as. 

In any case, this is not something you do in your package but rather in your application while interacting with the file system.

Jeremiah