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by W4tchT0wer
Wed Oct 09, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?
Replies: 5
Views: 1305

Re: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?

The convention of having . directories in $HOME (vs somewhere like .config) is over 50 years old. I would just leave well enough alone. Well, it would be pretty easy to fix/improve ^^ A lot of applications allow you to provide a path via Env-Vars and I got rid of about 20 dot files/directories in m...
by W4tchT0wer
Wed Oct 09, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?
Replies: 5
Views: 1305

Re: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?

Thanks for your replies and sad to see that MakeMKV does not support such a simple thing. I've opted for creating the wrapper script ~/.local/bin/makemkv and override $HOME in there. That way, my desktop shortcut etc. also works properly. #!/bin/sh export HOME="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/st...
by W4tchT0wer
Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?
Replies: 5
Views: 1305

Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?

Hi folks, I am trying to clean up my user home directory on my Linux system. And I am simply trying to change the location MakeMKV uses instead of ~/.MakeMKV/ as my user home is full of files that simply do not belong there, including the directory by MakeMKV. I can see in the MakeMKV settings, that...