From 0999f2dd86c110bc09799ade22ceb6c8b61e3807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Ballance <chris.ballance@physics.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 11:31:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] dashboard: explain default configuration file path

---
 artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py
index 33b37922a..5ecfccc38 100755
--- a/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_dashboard.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ def get_argparser():
         help="TCP port to connect to for broadcasts")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--db-file", default=None,
-        help="database file for local GUI settings")
+        help="database file for local GUI settings, "
+             "by default in {} and dependant on master hostname".format(
+                                                        get_user_config_dir()))
     verbosity_args(parser)
     return parser