Error when following getting started guide

[vpavlin]

Hi, I am starting my experiments with Temporal and the getting started docs resulted in an error for me.

Temporal started normally when I pre-created the missing directory, but Temporal should probably either create it, or the docs should mention it is needed

mkdir -p /home/vpavlin/.config/temporalite/db

Expected Behavior

$ /home/vpavlin/devel/bin/temporalite start --namespace default
{"level":"info","ts":"2022-09-05T08:29:27.156+0200","msg":"Successfully saved cluster metadata.","component":"metadata-initializer","cluster-name":"active","logging-call-at":"fx.go:631"}

Actual Behavior

$ /home/vpavlin/devel/bin/temporalite start --namespace default
2022/09/05 08:27:57 error setting up schema: stat /home/vpavlin/.config/temporalite/db: no such file or directory

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. go install github.com/temporalio/temporalite/cmd/temporalite@latest
2. temporalite start --namespace default

Specifications

• Version:
• Platform:

[jlegrone]

This seems related to #99 which improved on the error message. I think we should also add a special case to create the directory if not exists when the db file path is set to the default, since $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/temporalite/db is not going to exist with a fresh installation.

[lorensr]

Similar error on Mac:

temporalite start --namespace default
2022/09/22 15:20:07 error setting up schema: stat /Users/me/Library/Application Support/temporalite/db: no such file or directory

[hferentschik]

@vpavlin, @lorensr - this should fix the issue #140 ;-)