Clear Database on shutdown / configurable path to db about cliphist HOT 9 CLOSED

It is also possible to make a tmpfs (which is stored in ram and hence cleared on shutdown), like so (in /etc/fstab):
tmpfs /home/username/.cache/cliphist/ tmpfs rw,nodev,nosuid,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=5
This could be added to the readme

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thanks for the suggestion

though clearing the db on shutdown is out of scope since the cliphist is supervised by wl-clipboard

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yes that should work fine 👍

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seems to work for me

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@w-jablonski if you build form source, i just made the db path configureable with a flag

alternatively, you can change any flag with an env var or config file.
for example env CLIPHIST_DB_PATH=$HOME/D/X/run/cliphist

or instead create a ~/.config/cliphist/config which looks like:

db-path $HOME/D/X/run/cliphist-db
max-items 100

then you can just use cliphist anywhere without an env prefix or -max-items param

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Thanks. So regarding a configurable path for the db, is it possible? And would something like the following work?

exec XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/my_directory" wl-paste --watch cliphist store

Thanks for your time.

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This actually doesn't work. Specifically, this line works when executed in terminal:

wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist -max-items 100 store

But the below one doesn't:

XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/D/X/run" wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist -max-items 100 store

It still creates a folder in $HOME/.cache and the file at $HOME/D/X/run/cliphist/db is empty.

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Thanks, I missed the other half there.

So I can get it to work using:
In Sway config:

exec "env XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/D/X/run wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist -max-items 100 store"

Then in terminal:

env XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/D/X/run" cliphist list | fzf --layout=reverse --no-info | env XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/D/X/run" cliphist decode | wl-copy

But strangely, if I put the second half in a script.sh and run something like foot script.sh then everything works fine except when I select an old entry it doesn't move to the top of the list - even though it copies to clipboard correctly...

Any advice on this? And thanks for your help anyway.

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Sadly, I need to wait for new release or an AUR package.
Thanks!

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