diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7747b18 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +/* +Package xdg provides an implementation of the XDG Base Directory Specification. +The specification defines a set of standard paths for storing application files +including data and configuration files. For portability and flexibility reasons, +applications should use the XDG defined locations instead of hardcoding paths. +The package also includes the locations of well known user directories. + +The current implementation supports most flavors of Unix, Windows, Mac OS and Plan 9. + + For more information regarding the XDG Base Directory Specification see: + https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html + + For more information regarding the XDG user directories see: + https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_user_directories + + For more information regarding the Windows Known Folders see: + https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/known-folders + +Usage + +XDG Base Directory + package main + + import ( + "log" + + "github.com/adrg/xdg" + ) + + func main() { + // XDG Base Directory paths. + log.Println("Home data directory:", xdg.DataHome) + log.Println("Data directories:", xdg.DataDirs) + log.Println("Home config directory:", xdg.ConfigHome) + log.Println("Config directories:", xdg.ConfigDirs) + log.Println("Home state directory:", xdg.StateHome) + log.Println("Cache directory:", xdg.CacheHome) + log.Println("Runtime directory:", xdg.RuntimeDir) + + // Other common directories. + log.Println("Home directory:", xdg.Home) + log.Println("Application directories:", xdg.ApplicationDirs) + log.Println("Font directories:", xdg.FontDirs) + + // Obtain a suitable location for application config files. + // ConfigFile takes one parameter which must contain the name of the file, + // but it can also contain a set of parent directories. If the directories + // don't exist, they will be created relative to the base config directory. + configFilePath, err := xdg.ConfigFile("appname/config.yaml") + if err != nil { + log.Fatal(err) + } + log.Println("Save the config file at:", configFilePath) + + // For other types of application files use: + // xdg.DataFile() + // xdg.StateFile() + // xdg.CacheFile() + // xdg.RuntimeFile() + + // Finding application config files. + // SearchConfigFile takes one parameter which must contain the name of + // the file, but it can also contain a set of parent directories relative + // to the config search paths (xdg.ConfigHome and xdg.ConfigDirs). + configFilePath, err = xdg.SearchConfigFile("appname/config.yaml") + if err != nil { + log.Fatal(err) + } + log.Println("Config file was found at:", configFilePath) + + // For other types of application files use: + // xdg.SearchDataFile() + // xdg.SearchStateFile() + // xdg.SearchCacheFile() + // xdg.SearchRuntimeFile() + } + +XDG user directories + package main + + import ( + "log" + + "github.com/adrg/xdg" + ) + + func main() { + // XDG user directories. + log.Println("Desktop directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Desktop) + log.Println("Download directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Download) + log.Println("Documents directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Documents) + log.Println("Music directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Music) + log.Println("Pictures directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Pictures) + log.Println("Videos directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Videos) + log.Println("Templates directory:", xdg.UserDirs.Templates) + log.Println("Public directory:", xdg.UserDirs.PublicShare) + } +*/ +package xdg diff --git a/xdg.go b/xdg.go index 0bac7f3..3d33ca6 100644 --- a/xdg.go +++ b/xdg.go @@ -1,18 +1,3 @@ -/* -Package xdg provides an implementation of the XDG Base Directory Specification. -The specification defines a set of standard paths for storing application files -including data and configuration files. For portability and flexibility reasons, -applications should use the XDG defined locations instead of hardcoding paths. -The package also includes the locations of well known user directories. - -The current implementation supports most flavors of Unix, Windows, Mac OS and Plan 9. - - For more information regarding the XDG Base Directory Specification see: - https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html - - For more information regarding the XDG user directories see: - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_user_directories -*/ package xdg import (