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Adoby · 10-05-2019, 05:52 AM

I got a bit confused trying to figure out how to set XDG_CACHE_HOME the best way. With the least side effects.

I ended up creating ~/bin/calibre with the following contents:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#Run calibre with XDG_CACHE_HOME set

env XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/.cache /opt/calibre/calibre

That way all other apps can continue using the default symlinked path ~/.cache and only calibre use /opt/.cache

And everything works fine again, the way I am used to...

Edit: ... and Kovid has already fixed the bug so that the symlink will work OK in the next release. So my "work-around" won't be needed for long. Fantastic!

10-05-2019, 05:52 AM	#4
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	I got a bit confused trying to figure out how to set XDG_CACHE_HOME the best way. With the least side effects. I ended up creating ~/bin/calibre with the following contents: Code: #!/usr/bin/env bash #Run calibre with XDG_CACHE_HOME set env XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/.cache /opt/calibre/calibre That way all other apps can continue using the default symlinked path ~/.cache and only calibre use /opt/.cache And everything works fine again, the way I am used to... Edit: ... and Kovid has already fixed the bug so that the symlink will work OK in the next release. So my "work-around" won't be needed for long. Fantastic! Last edited by Adoby; 10-05-2019 at 06:02 AM.