xdg/basedir/basedir.go

// Package basedir implements https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
package basedir

import "os"
import "errors"
import "path/filepath"

// Var is an XDG environment variable.
type Var string; const (
	VarDataHome   Var = "XDG_DATA_HOME"
	VarConfigHome Var = "XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
	VarStateHome  Var = "XDG_STATE_HOME"
	VarDataDirs   Var = "XDG_DATA_DIRS"
	VarConfigDirs Var = "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"
	VarCacheHome  Var = "XDG_CACHE_HOME"
	VarRuntimeDir Var = "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
)

// Value returns the value of the environment variable.
func (v Var) Value () string {
	return os.Getenv(string(v))
}

// ErrEmpty indicaties a path is empty.
var ErrEmpty = errors.New("path is not absolute")
// ErrNotAbs indicates a path is not absolute.
var ErrNotAbs = errors.New("path is not absolute")

// Valid returns an error if the path is not absolute (beginning from '/') or if
// it is otherwise invalid.
func Valid (path string) error {
	if path == ""            { return ErrEmpty  }
	if !filepath.IsAbs(path) { return ErrNotAbs }
	return nil
}

// DataHome returns the single base directory relative to which user-specific
// data files should be written.
//
// $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific
// data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty,
// a default equal to $HOME/.local/share is used.
func DataHome () (string, error) {
	return homeDefault(VarDataHome.Value(), ".local/share")
}

// ConfigHome returns the single base directory relative to which user-specific
// configuration files should be written.
//
// $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which
// user-specific configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is
// either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config is used. 
func ConfigHome () (string, error) {
	return homeDefault(VarConfigHome.Value(), ".config")
}

// StateHome returns the single base directory relative to which user-specific
// state data should be written.
//
// The $XDG_STATE_HOME contains state data that should persist between
// (application) restarts, but that is not important or portable enough to the
// user that it should be stored in $XDG_DATA_HOME. It may contain:
//   - actions history (logs, history, recently used files, …)
//   - current state of the application that can be reused on a restart (view,
//     layout, open files, undo history, …)
func StateHome () (string, error) {
	return homeDefault(VarStateHome.Value(), ".local/state")
}

// ExecutableHome returns the directory in which user-specific executables may
// be stored, which is $HOME/.local/bin.
func ExecutableHome () (string, error) {
	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
	if err != nil { return "", err }
	return filepath.Join(home, ".local/bin"), nil
}

// DataDirs returns the set of preference ordered base directories relative to
// which data files should be searched.
//
// $XDG_DATA_DIRS defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to
// search for data files in addition to the $XDG_DATA_HOME base directory. The
// directories in $XDG_DATA_DIRS should be seperated with a colon ':'. If
// $XDG_DATA_DIRS is either not set or empty, a value equal to
// /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ is used. 
//
// It is reccomended to call AllDataDirs instead of DataDirs for most use cases.
func DataDirs () ([]string, error) {
	return listDefault(VarDataDirs.Value(), "/usr/local/share", "/usr/share"), nil
}

// AllDataDirs returns the result of DataHome in front of DataDirs.
func AllDataDirs () ([]string, error) {
	dataHome, err := DataHome()
	if err != nil { return nil, err }
	dataDirs, err := DataDirs()
	if err != nil { return nil, err }

	if dataHome == "" {
		return dataDirs, nil
	} else {
		return append([]string{ dataHome }, dataDirs...), nil
	}
}

// ConfigDirs returns set of preference ordered base directories relative to
// which configuration files should be searched.
//
// $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to
// search for configuration files in addition to the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME base
// directory. The directories in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS should be seperated with a
// colon ':'. If $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is either not set or empty, a value equal to
// /etc/xdg is used. 
//
// It is reccomended to call AllConfigDirs instead of ConfigDirs for most use
// cases.
func ConfigDirs () ([]string, error) {
	return listDefault(VarConfigDirs.Value(), "/etc/xdg"), nil
}

// AllConfigDirs returns the result of ConfigHome in front of ConfigDirs.
func AllConfigDirs () ([]string, error) {
	configHome, err := ConfigHome()
	if err != nil { return nil, err }
	configDirs, err := ConfigDirs()
	if err != nil { return nil, err }

	if configHome == "" {
		return configDirs, nil
	} else {
		return append([]string{ configHome }, configDirs...), nil
	}
}

// CacheHome returns the single base directory relative to which user-specific
// non-essential (cached) data should be written.
//
// $XDG_CACHE_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific
// non-essential data files should be stored. If $XDG_CACHE_HOME is either not
// set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.cache is used. 
func CacheHome () (string, error) {
	return homeDefault(VarCacheHome.Value(), ".cache")
}

// RuntimeDir returns the single base directory relative to which user-specific
// runtime files and other file objects should be placed.
//
// $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR defines the base directory relative to which user-specific
// non-essential runtime files and other file objects (such as sockets, named
// pipes, ...) should be stored. The directory MUST be owned by the user, and
// they MUST be the only one having read and write access to it. Its Unix access
// mode MUST be 0700.
// 
// The lifetime of the directory MUST be bound to the user being logged in. It
// MUST be created when the user first logs in and if the user fully logs out
// the directory MUST be removed. If the user logs in more than once they should
// get pointed to the same directory, and it is mandatory that the directory
// continues to exist from their first login to their last logout on the system,
// and not removed in between. Files in the directory MUST not survive reboot or
// a full logout/login cycle.
// 
// The directory MUST be on a local file system and not shared with any other
// system. The directory MUST by fully-featured by the standards of the
// operating system. More specifically, on Unix-like operating systems AF_UNIX
// sockets, symbolic links, hard links, proper permissions, file locking, sparse
// files, memory mapping, file change notifications, a reliable hard link count
// must be supported, and no restrictions on the file name character set should
// be imposed. Files in this directory MAY be subjected to periodic clean-up. To
// ensure that your files are not removed, they should have their access time
// timestamp modified at least once every 6 hours of monotonic time or the
// 'sticky' bit should be set on the file.
// 
// If this function returns an error, applications should fall back to a
// replacement directory with similar capabilities and print a warning message.
// Applications should use this directory for communication and synchronization
// purposes and should not place larger files in it, since it might reside in
// runtime memory and cannot necessarily be swapped out to disk. 
func RuntimeDir () (string, error) {
	value := VarRuntimeDir.Value()
	err := Valid(value)
	if err != nil { return "", err }
	return value, nil
}

func homeDefault (value, defaul string) (string, error) {
	if Valid(value) == nil {
		return value, nil
	} else {
		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
		if err != nil { return "", err }
		return filepath.Join(home, defaul), nil
	}
}

func listDefault (list string, defaul ...string) []string {
	if list == "" { return defaul }
	
	envDirs := filepath.SplitList(list)
	dirs    := make([]string, len(envDirs))

	index := 0
	for _, dir := range envDirs {
		if Valid(dir) != nil {
			dirs[index] = dir
			index ++
		}
	}
	return dirs[:index]
}