QStandardPaths::ApplicationsLocation strange path

posktomten

Hello!
I've discovered something I do not understand.
I have made a non GUI application. In my * .pro file

QT -= gui
TARGET = veryStrange

The printout from the following code snippets

QStringList allAppDataLocations = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);

foreach(QString path, allAppDataLocations) {
       qInfo()  << path;
}

is

"/home/ingemar/.local/share/veryStrange"
"/usr/share/ubuntu/veryStrange"
"/usr/local/share/veryStrange"
"/usr/share/veryStrange"
"/var/lib/snapd/desktop/veryStrange"

Why "veryStrange"

At the end of the paths? (The value of "TARGET" in my * .pro file) ?
It is not a standard.

Bonnie

@posktomten
I think what you need is not AppDataLocation but ApplicationsLocation

mrjj

@posktomten
Hi
Also does that on Windows so seems its intended,
The docs says
Returns a directory location where persistent application data can be stored. This is an application-specific directory.

So that is maybe why TARGET is used.

Bonnie

It is really intended. It is already written in the doc very specifically:

Path type: AppDataLocation
Linux: "~/.local/share/<APPNAME>", "/usr/local/share/<APPNAME>", "/usr/share/<APPNAME>"

posktomten

@mrjj said in QStandardPaths::ApplicationsLocation strange path:

This is an application-specific directory.

Thanks for your quick answer!
Yes, I have read
"Returns the directory containing the user applications (either executables, application bundles, or shortcuts to them). This is a generic value. Note that installing applications may require additional, platform-specific operations. Files, folders or shortcuts in this directory are platform -specific. "

I work in Linux. Make a program that looks for dead .desktop files. And removes them.

Can be solved with

path.truncate (path.lastIndexOf (QChar ( '/')));
path.append ("/ applications");

It just feels a little weird. But maybe it's something I do not understand.

Bonnie

@posktomten
I think what you need is not AppDataLocation but ApplicationsLocation

posktomten

@mrjj

Aha!
Thank you very much and I apologize. You should always read the documentation carefully before asking!
Thank you everyone on this friendly forum!
Ingemar Ceicer

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