general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL')
general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
general.add_option(
- '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=u'~/.youtube-dl/cache',
+ '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(),
help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store downloaded information permanently. %default by default')
general.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
else:
xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
if xdg_config_home:
- userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
+ if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
else:
- userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
+ if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
+ userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile)
commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:]