What is the ~/snap folder being used for?

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I just noticed an empty folder called snap in my user's home directory. What is this folder being used for?

See this answer for more information. – kyrofa Jul 06 '16 at 11:14 — kyrofa, Jul 06 '16 at 11:14

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 06 '16 at 16:51

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This directory is corresponding to $SNAP_USER_DATA for your snaps. This is where your snaps will be able to write versioned data under your user account. $HOME for your snap will be set to it as well.

You will find there:

~/snaps
- <snap name>
  - <version 1>
    
    data for version 1
  - <version 2>
    
    data for version 2

and so on…

edited Jul 06 '16 at 16:51

David Foerster

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answered Jul 06 '16 at 11:06

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CommonMark is four spaces; SE does not use GitHub markdown where backtick fencing is acceptable – cat Jul 06 '16 at 16:38
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What in the hell is the snap?? – Tharok Oct 26 '18 at 17:43

What is the ~/snap folder being used for?

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