Where should I put the ack configuration file on Windows?

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I'm using ack (the grep replacement) on Windows XP under Strawberry Perl. Where should the .ackrc config file be placed, since ~/.ackrc is not reasonable on Windows?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '09 at 21:28

For windows (MSWin32, anyway), ack looks in the following places and uses the first file found:

$ENV{ACKRC}
$ENV{HOME}/.ackrc
$ENV{HOME}/_ackrc
$ENV{USERPROFILE}/.ackrc
$ENV{USERPROFILE}/_ackrc

All but the first are subject to glob-expansion, so watch out for meta-characters in your environment variables.

When not on windows, HOME and USERPROFILE are replaced by ~ and HOME, respectively.

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '09 at 18:37

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ack looks for either .ackrc or _ackrc under %HOME% or %USERPROFILE%.

answered Dec 14 '09 at 18:37

jamessan

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 07 '16 at 16:53

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The ack docs answer your question. Always check the docs. :)

edited Jun 07 '16 at 16:53

Ahmad Baktash Hayeri

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answered Dec 14 '09 at 22:03

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Where should I put the ack configuration file on Windows?

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