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change default cache directory for unix systems

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Use either $XDG_CACHE_HOME or ~/.cache (if the former isn't set)
and store potentially sensitive cookies and tokens in a user's
home directory and not in the world-readable /tmp.
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Mike Fährmann
2019-07-31 22:45:02 +02:00
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@@ -1492,7 +1492,8 @@ cache.file
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Type |Path|_
Default |tempfile.gettempdir()|_ + ``".gallery-dl.cache"``
Default * |tempfile.gettempdir()|_ + ``".gallery-dl.cache"`` on Windows
* (``$XDG_CACHE_HOME`` or ``"~/.cache"``) + ``".gallery-dl.cache"`` on all other platforms
Description Path of the SQLite3 database used to cache login sessions,
cookies and API tokens across `gallery-dl` invocations.