In my doc/tor.1 in my git checkout, I have ``` DataDirectory DIR Store working data in DIR (Default: /usr/local/var/lib/tor) ``` Apparently the underlying code (in tor.1.txt) is ``` [[DataDirectory]] **DataDirectory** __DIR__:: Store working data in DIR (Default: @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor) ``` It looks like if DataDirectory remains unset (which is the default), on Windows you get ``` get_windows_conf_root() ``` whereas on other platforms, you get ``` d = "~/.tor"; ``` and then it's only if you're running as root that you get ``` fn = tor_strdup(LOCALSTATEDIR PATH_SEPARATOR "tor"); ``` But I admit that all of this is confusing, because we have functions like `find_torrc_filename()` and `get_default_conf_file()` and `get_torrc_fname()` so it's hard to say for sure.