# Location of personal init file (XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME)

**URL:** <https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/location-of-personal-init-file-xdg-config-home/1301>\
**Category:** Request For Comments\
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/location-of-personal-init-file-xdg-config-home/1301 "2019-09-23T09:08:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/swi-prolog.discourse.group/jan/32/4_2.png) [@jan](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/location-of-personal-init-file-xdg-config-home/1301/22 "2019-10-07T13:53:04Z")

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Yip. The current state of affairs is in [https://www.swi-prolog.org/modified/config-files.html](https://www.swi-prolog.org/modified/config-files.html). If the system finds the old init file and not the new it prints a warning pointing at the linked page. I think this is now dealt with. The changes are all in the `swipl-devel` git. If you find issues, please report.

This is surely an improvement. It will cause some inconvenience, but not too bad as it should only break some personalization and it is fixed easily.

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**Author:** ![swi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@swi](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/swi)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/location-of-personal-init-file-xdg-config-home/1301/23 "2019-10-08T00:46:01Z")

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I think you have the wrong version on the [New config file structure](https://www.swi-prolog.org/modified/config-files.html) web page. it says:

> Starting with SWI-Prolog 8.1.5

I think you mean 8.1.15

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