> I recently had to use the AWS CLI. It wants to save data in ~/.aws, but I don't want it to just clutter up my $HOME however it wants. boxxy lets me force it to puts its data somewhere nice and proper.
- they could have used AWS_CONFIG_FILE and AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE.
But you shouldn't have to — that's the point of the complaint. That's like saying that if your neighbor is dumping toxic waste in your yard, you can always ask them to stop. Sure, but maybe they just shouldn't do that in the first place.
By the way, as for the original motivation:
> I recently had to use the AWS CLI. It wants to save data in ~/.aws, but I don't want it to just clutter up my $HOME however it wants. boxxy lets me force it to puts its data somewhere nice and proper.
- they could have used AWS_CONFIG_FILE and AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE.