rust-xdg is a library that makes it easy to follow the X Desktop Group standards for data, configuration, cache and runtime directories.
Add the following to Cargo.toml:
toml
[dependencies]
xdg = "*"
To store configuration:
```rust extern crate xdg; let xdg_dirs = xdg::XdgDirs::new();
let mut file = try!(File::create(xdgdirs.placeconfig_file("myapp/config.ini"))); try!(write!(&mut file, "configured = 1")); ```
The myapp.ini file will appear in the proper location for desktop
configuration files, most likely ~/.config/myapp/config.ini.
The leading directories will be automatically created.
To retrieve supplementary data:
rust
let config_path = xdg_dirs.find_config_file("myapp/logo.png")
.expect("application data not present");
let mut file = try!(File::open(config_path));
let mut data = String::new();
try!(file.read_to_string(&mut data));
The logo.png will be searched in the proper locations for
supplementary data files, most likely ~/.local/share/myapp/logo.png,
then /usr/local/share/myapp/logo.png and /usr/share/myapp/logo.png.
rust-xdg is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
See LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT for details.