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    <h1 class="title">A&nbsp;Practical&nbsp;Guide to&nbsp;Standard&nbsp;Directories for&nbsp;Software&nbsp;Developers</h1>
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      <h2 class="claim">Applications should be good citizens on the platforms they run on:</h2>
      <p>This means that applications should follow the operating systems' rules regarding the location of configuration, cache files and other application data.</p>
      <p>This in turn allows vastly simplified management of our data:</p>
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        <li>Easily moving between different machines, carrying your configuration with you.</li>
        <li>Backing up all crucial files, without the needless copying of caches.</li>
        <li>Evicting caches with the assurance that no critical data is lost.</li>
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      <p>But as each operating system invented its own set of rules, this is easier said than done.</p>
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      <p>This website provides resources intended to encourage and help applications to adhere to the standards of the operating system they are running on.</p>
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  <button class="platform platform--windows" onclick="showDetail('windows')"><span>Windows</span></button>
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  <button class="platform platform--redox" onclick="showDetail('redox')"><span>Redox</span></button>
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      <h2>Libraries</h2>
      <ul>
        <li>Rust: <a href="https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-rs">dirs-dev/directories-rs</a> <a href="https://github.com/dirs-dev/dirs-rs">dirs-dev/dirs-rs</a></li>
        <li>Java: <a href="https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-jvm">dirs-dev/directories-jvm</a></li>
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