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diff --git a/makeFilenames.go b/makeFilenames.go
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+package config
+
+// config files are always human readable (foo.text)
+// cache files are always raw data (foo.pb)
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// ~/.config/appname/protoname.text
+func makeConfigFilename(appname string, protoname string) string {
+	var err error
+	configDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		// todo: get something better than /tmp/ if anyone cares
+		return filepath.Join("/tmp", appname, protoname+".text")
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(configDir, appname, protoname+".text")
+}
+
+// ~/.cache/appname/protoname.pb
+func makeCacheFilename(appname string, protoname string) string {
+	var err error
+	cacheDir, err := os.UserCacheDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		// todo: get something better than /tmp/ if anyone cares
+		return filepath.Join("/tmp", appname, protoname+".pb")
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(cacheDir, appname, protoname+".pb")
+}