Where should I store text files I intend to edit?

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Okay, so I have some xml documents (stored as txt cause I heard mobile has trouble with xml, but that's a different question) that I intend to access and edit at runtime. I've learned that you can't write to files in the resources folder, so that leaves me with a kinda dumb question: where should I put these files? I know that I should (probably) access them using Application.PersistantDataPath, but I wonder if I need to set up the folder before exporting. Or do I just need to do something along the lines of

 WhateverTheLoadFunctionIs(Application.PersistantDataPath + filename + ".txt") ;
 WhateverTheSaveFunctionIs(Application.PersistantDataPath + filename + ".txt", editedFile);

Follow up: would this require any changes across platforms?

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Answer by ExtinctSpecie · Mar 11, 2017 at 08:12 PM

 yes you can use it as u stated although its different from pc to mobile 
         
  folderPath = (Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.Android || Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.IPhonePlayer ? Application.persistentDataPath : Application.dataPath)+"/myDataFolder/";
 
 
 filePath = folderPath  + fileName + ".txt";
 
 if (!Directory.Exists (folderPath)) {
                 Directory.CreateDirectory (folderPath);    
             }
 
             File.WriteAllText(filePath, "hello world");   
     
             string readText = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
     
             string appendText = "This is extra text" ;
     
             File.AppendAllText(filePath, appendText);

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stfarless · Mar 13, 2017 at 07:08 PM 0

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Thank you! This helps a lot!

Where should I store text files I intend to edit?

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