Suggestion: move rclone_view.db to ~/.local/share

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Hi,

Could you change the default path for rclone_view.db? Right now it sits in ~/Documents, which clutters the user folder. Moving it to ~/.local/share/rclone_view/ would follow XDG standards much better and keep the Home directory clean.

Maybe the app could just check for the old path first for backward compatibility?

Thanks!

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Hi @xVANKO,

Great suggestion — you’re absolutely right that ~/Documents isn’t the ideal location for the database file.

We’ll be updating the default path for rclone_view.db in the next version to follow platform-standard conventions:

  • Linux: ~/.local/share/rclone_view/
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.bdrive.rcloneview/
  • Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\com.bdrive\rclone_view\

For backward compatibility, the app will check for the existing file in the old location first.

Thanks for the feedback!

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We’ve updated the default path for rclone_view.db in version 1.4.17.

You can grab the update here:

The app will check for the old path first for backward compatibility.

Let us know if you run into any issues!

Thanks