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60 lines
1.5 KiB
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# xdg-basedir [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/xdg-basedir)
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> Get [XDG Base Directory](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) paths
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install xdg-basedir
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const xdgBasedir = require('xdg-basedir');
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xdgBasedir.data;
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//=> '/home/sindresorhus/.local/share'
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xdgBasedir.config;
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//=> '/home/sindresorhus/.config'
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xdgBasedir.dataDirs
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//=> ['/home/sindresorhus/.local/share', '/usr/local/share/', '/usr/share/']
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```
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## API
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The properties `.data`, `.config`, `.cache`, `.runtime` will return `null` in the uncommon case that both the XDG environment variable is not set and the users home directory can't be found. You need to handle this case. A common solution is to [fall back to a temp directory](https://github.com/yeoman/configstore/blob/b82690fc401318ad18dcd7d151a0003a4898a314/index.js#L15).
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### .data
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Directory for user-specific data files.
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### .config
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Directory for user-specific configuration files.
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### .cache
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Directory for user-specific non-essential data files.
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### .runtime
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Directory for user-specific non-essential runtime files and other file objects (such as sockets, named pipes, etc).
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### .dataDirs
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Preference-ordered array of base directories to search for data files in addition to `.data`.
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### .configDirs
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Preference-ordered array of base directories to search for configuration files in addition to `.config`.
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## License
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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