@dada78641/env-paths

Library for determining platform-specific data paths.

This is mainly based on the sindresorhus/env-paths package, with the main difference being that this library will utilize the XDG Base Directory specification even on macOS, if the XDG_*_HOME variables are set.

Usage

npm i @dada78641/env-paths

import {createEnvPaths} from '@dada78641/env-paths'

export const envPaths = createEnvPaths('my_program')

Example output

Running the code as above will return paths such as these:

†: This path will typically be a symlink to someplace else, usually a path starting with /private/var/folders.

XDG variables

The following XDG variables are recognized on Linux and macOS:

| Variable | Key | Description | |:---------|:--------|:------------| | XDG_DATA_HOME | data | Data files produced by the application | | XDG_CONFIG_HOME | config | Settings, preferences, etc. | | XDG_CACHE_HOME | cache | Cache files (should always be deletable) | | XDG_STATE_HOME | log | Session files, logs, history files, etc. |

License

MIT licensed.