Where do you store data files?

[Laura Creighton]

Cliff Wells:
> Can't speak for the Win32 crowd, but on Linux the best places would be
> either /tmp (although this can open security risks) or somewhere in the
> user's home directory.  A lot of apps will use a hidden "dot" file or
> directory, e.g. ~/.appname/cache

Warning: If your users have to pay for disk storage, and you hide huge
log files in hidden .files or .directories, when the bill comes due
they may be quite unhappy.

Laura Creighton