From 76d6f9eaa9e7202337c7fb3eb4810b66ba728068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Beaver Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:41:16 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Give a specific example. --- readme.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst index efa93cd..153dcfc 100644 --- a/readme.rst +++ b/readme.rst @@ -1844,6 +1844,18 @@ adopt new configuration files, keep the old ones, or ``diff`` and merge the files into a hybrid. +For example, the RSS reader ``lifererea`` +puts the list of RSS feeds in +``$HOME/.config/liferea/feedlist.opml``, +favicons (which can be re-downloaded if necessary) in +``$HOME/.cache/liferea/favicons/``, +and the SQLite database containing the actual RSS feeds in +``$HOME/.local/share/liferea/liferea.db``. + +This means that backing up the configuration for ``lifereas`` +is as simple as backing up the contents of ``$HOME/.config/liferea/``, +and no cache files or big databases are included. + In short, configuration on Linux is better adapted to the needs of its users than on Windows. Ordinary users have the package manager