Merge pull request #2035 from globus/move_user_dir_doc-sc-36095

move .globus_compute directory doc to Endpoints from quickstart

Author: LeiGlobus

docs/endpoints/endpoints.rst

@@ -205,6 +205,40 @@ will probably not behave as expected.  Example:
 These will be injected into the user endpoint process as environment variables.
 
 
+.. _config-dir:
+
+Directories
+-----------
+
+By default, Globus Compute uses ``$HOME/.globus_compute`` to store endpoint
+configuration, logs and cached credentials.
+
+This default location can be overridden via the ``GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR``
+environment variable or the ``--config-dir`` option when issuing endpoint commands.
+
+* ``GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR``
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  $ export GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR=$HOME/.custom_dir_2
+
+  $ globus-compute-endpoint configure endpoint_in_new_group
+
+  $ globus-compute-endpoint start endpoint_in_new_group
+
+
+* ``--config-dir``
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  $ globus-compute-endpoint configure --config-dir ~/.custom_3 endpoint_in_group_3
+
+  $ globus-compute-endpoint start --config-dir ~/.custom_3 endpoint_in_group_3
+
+.. note::
+  ``--config-dir`` overrides ``GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR`` if both are specified.
+
+
 .. _starting-the-endpoint:
 
 Starting the Endpoint

docs/quickstart.rst

@@ -168,37 +168,3 @@ refer to the :doc:`endpoints/index` documentation.
 
   $ globus-compute-endpoint start <ENDPOINT_NAME>
 
-
-Directories
-===========
-
-.. _config-dir:
-
-By default, Globus Compute uses ``$HOME/.globus_compute`` to store endpoint
-configuration, logs and cached credentials.
-
-This default location can be overridden via the ``GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR``
-environment variable or the ``--config-dir`` option when issuing endpoint commands.
-
-* ``GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR``
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-  $ export GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR=$HOME/.custom_dir_2
-
-  $ globus-compute-endpoint configure endpoint_in_new_group
-
-  $ globus-compute-endpoint start endpoint_in_new_group
-
-
-* ``--config-dir``
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-  $ globus-compute-endpoint configure --config-dir ~/.custom_3 endpoint_in_group_3
-
-  $ globus-compute-endpoint start --config-dir ~/.custom_3 endpoint_in_group_3
-
-.. note::
-  ``--config-dir`` overrides ``GLOBUS_COMPUTE_USER_DIR`` if both are specified.
-