RFE: allow specifying a different config file path

[kcgthb]

Hi!

I'd like to suggest the possibility to specify a different path for the configuration file, ideally set via an environment variable.

Site administrators may choose to make this tool available to their users via an environment module, and provide a default configuration file that would better be located alongside the software (in a NFS-shared installation directory, for instance), rather than having to distribute it to /etc on every single node in the cluster.

Something like SCOM_CONF that the program could check in addition to /etc/scom/scom.conf and $HOME/scom/scom.conf.

Also, in the interest of compatibility,$XDG_CONFIG_HOME could probably be used instead of a hard-coded $HOME/scom/scom.conf (see https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html)

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Great work, by the way, this tool has a huge potential to make things easier for users! 🎉

[pja237]

Signing everything you've said. 100% agree.
I'll start the work on this as soon as the #1 is cleared out of the way.

[pja237]

Sorry, forgot to comment....
So, i didn't remove the old ones, they're doing no harm being left in (/etc/scom and $HOME/scom), for now...
Added SCOM_CONF var support and the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/scom/scom.conf or $HOME/.config/scom.conf in case the former is unset/empty.

[kcgthb]

Nice, thanks!

[pja237]

You're most welcome, a real goldmine of feedback 🥇
Keep the ideas coming and we'll try to clear them as fast as we can.