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If my program want's to write into /home/user/.local/myapp/somefile, do I have to put home plug in a snapcraft.yaml file or will it write there anyway?

It's not a classic snap, so will the user have to connect after installing the snap?

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The home plug won't allow access to dotfiles/directories in the host home directory. However it will be able to access the confined home directory - typically /home/$USER/snap/$SNAP/current.

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  • is the plug auto-connected in a 'normal' snap?
    – lapisdecor
    Nov 29, 2017 at 14:59
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    The home plug is automatically connected. Although as popey mentioned, you don't need the home plug if you just need to write to $HOME/.hidden-location, but $HOME will actually be pointing to /home/<user>/snap/<snapname>/current.
    – kyrofa
    Nov 29, 2017 at 15:14
  • When I tried this I now get an error when running: no GSettings shemas are installed, also, it tries to write default home/user/subdirectories (but isn't allowed).
    – lapisdecor
    Nov 29, 2017 at 19:58

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