Description
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.
Full documentation can be found at: https://godoc.org/github.com/adrg/xdg
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Go implementation of the XDG Base Directory Specification and XDG user directories.
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, as well as other common directories such as fonts and applications.
The current implementation supports most flavors of Unix, Windows, macOS and Plan 9.
On Windows, where XDG environment variables are not usually set, the package uses Known Folders
as defaults. Therefore, appropriate locations are used for common folders which may have been redirected.
See usage examples below. Full documentation can be found at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/adrg/xdg.
Installation
go get github.com/adrg/xdg
Default locations
The package defines sensible defaults for XDG variables which are empty or not present in the environment.
- On Unix-like operating systems, XDG environment variables are typically defined. Appropriate default locations are used for the environment variables which are not set.
- On Windows, XDG environment variables are usually not set. If that is the case, the package relies on the appropriate Known Folders. Sensible fallback locations are used for the folders which are not set.
XDG Base Directory
Unix-like operating systems
Unix | macOS | Plan 9 | |
---|---|---|---|
XDG_DATA_HOME | ~/.local/share | ~/Library/Application Support | $home/lib |
XDG_DATA_DIRS | /usr/local/share/usr/share | /Library/Application Support | /lib |
XDG_CONFIG_HOME | ~/.config | ~/Library/Application Support | $home/lib |
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS | /etc/xdg | ~/Library/Preferences/Library/Application Support/Library/Preferences | /lib |
XDG_STATE_HOME | ~/.local/state | ~/Library/Application Support | $home/lib/state |
XDG_CACHE_HOME | ~/.cache | ~/Library/Caches | $home/lib/cache |
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR | /run/user/UID | ~/Library/Application Support | /tmp |
Microsoft Windows
Known Folder(s) | Fallback(s) | |
---|---|---|
XDG_DATA_HOME | LocalAppData | %LOCALAPPDATA% |
XDG_DATA_DIRS | RoamingAppDataProgramData | %APPADATA%%ProgramData% |
XDG_CONFIG_HOME | LocalAppData | %LOCALAPPDATA% |
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS | ProgramDataRoamingAppData | %ProgramData%%APPDATA% |
XDG_STATE_HOME | LocalAppData | %LOCALAPPDATA% |
XDG_CACHE_HOME | LocalAppData\cache | %LOCALAPPDATA%\cache |
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR | LocalAppData | %LOCALAPPDATA% |
XDG user directories
Unix-like operating systems
Unix | macOS | Plan 9 | |
---|---|---|---|
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR | ~/Desktop | ~/Desktop | $home/desktop |
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR | ~/Downloads | ~/Downloads | $home/downloads |
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR | ~/Documents | ~/Documents | $home/documents |
XDG_MUSIC_DIR | ~/Music | ~/Music | $home/music |
XDG_PICTURES_DIR | ~/Pictures | ~/Pictures | $home/pictures |
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR | ~/Videos | ~/Movies | $home/videos |
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR | ~/Templates | ~/Templates | $home/templates |
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR | ~/Public | ~/Public | $home/public |
Microsoft Windows
Known Folder(s) | Fallback(s) | |
---|---|---|
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR | Desktop | %USERPROFILE%\Desktop |
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR | Downloads | %USERPROFILE%\Downloads |
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR | Documents | %USERPROFILE%\Documents |
XDG_MUSIC_DIR | Music | %USERPROFILE%\Music |
XDG_PICTURES_DIR | Pictures | %USERPROFILE%\Pictures |
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR | Videos | %USERPROFILE%\Videos |
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR | Templates | %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates |
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR | Public | %PUBLIC% |
Other directories
Unix-like operating systems
Unix | macOS | Plan 9 | |
---|---|---|---|
Home | $HOME | $HOME | $home |
Applications | $XDG_DATA_HOME/applications~/.local/share/applications/usr/local/share/applications/usr/share/applications$XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications | /Applications | $home/bin/bin |
Fonts | $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts~/.fonts~/.local/share/fonts/usr/local/share/fonts/usr/share/fonts$XDG_DATA_DIRS/fonts | ~/Library/Fonts/Library/Fonts/System/Library/Fonts/Network/Library/Fonts | $home/lib/font/lib/font |
Microsoft Windows
Known Folder(s) | Fallback(s) | |
---|---|---|
Home | Profile | %USERPROFILE% |
Applications | ProgramsCommonPrograms | %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs |
Fonts | Fonts- | %SystemRoot%\Fonts%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts |
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)
}
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Contributing
Contributions in the form of pull requests, issues or just general feedback,
are always welcome.
See [CONTRIBUTING.MD](CONTRIBUTING.md).
Contributors: adrg, wichert, bouncepaw, gabriel-vasile, KalleDK, nvkv, djdv.
References
For more information see:
License
Copyright (c) 2014 Adrian-George Bostan.
This project is licensed under the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more details.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the xdg-go README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.