Provided by: libfile-xdg-perl_1.02-2_all 
NAME
File::XDG - Basic implementation of the XDG base directory specification
VERSION
version 1.02
SYNOPSIS
use File::XDG 1.00;
my $xdg = File::XDG->new( name => 'foo', api => 1 );
# user config
my $path = $xdg->config_home;
# user data
my $path = $xdg->data_home;
# user cache
my $path = $xdg->cache_home;
# system $config
my @dirs = $xdg->config_dirs_list;
# system data
my @dirs = $xdg->data_dirs_list;
DESCRIPTION
This module provides a basic implementation of the XDG base directory specification as exists by the Free
Desktop Organization (FDO). It supports all XDG directories except for the runtime directories, which
require session management support in order to function.
CONSTRUCTOR
new
my $xdg = File::XDG->new( %args );
Returns a new instance of a File::XDG object. This must be called with an application name as the "name"
argument.
Takes the following named arguments:
api [version 0.09]
The API version to use.
api = 0
The default and original API version. For backward compatibility only.
api = 1
Recommended stable API version for all new code.
name
Name of the application for which File::XDG is being used.
path_class
[version 0.09]
The path class to return
File::Spec
All methods that return a file will return a string generated by File::Spec.
Path::Class
This is the default with api = 0. All methods that return a file will return an instance of
Path::Class::File and all methods that return a directory will return an instance of
Path::Class::Dir.
Path::Tiny
This is the default with api = 1. All methods that return a file will return an instance of
Path::Tiny.
"CODEREF"
If a code reference is passed in then this will be called in order to construct the path class.
This allows rolling your own customer path class objects. Example:
my $xdg = File::XDG->new(
name => 'foo',
# equivalent to path_class => 'Path::Tiny'
path_class => sub { Path::Tiny->new(@_),
);
"ARRAY"
Similar to passing a code reference, an array reference with two code references means the first
code reference will be used for file paths and the second will be used for directory paths. This
is for path classes that differentiate between files and directories.
# equivalent to path_class => 'Path::Class'
my $xdg = File::XDG->new(
name => 'foo',
path_class => [
sub { Path::Class::File->new(@_) ),
sub { Path::Class::Dir->new(@_) },
],
);
strict
[version 0.10]
More strictly follow the XDG base directory specification. In particular
• On Windows a an exception will be thrown when creating the File::XDG object because the spec
cannot correctly be implemented.
Historically this module has made some useful assumptions like using ";" instead of ":" for the
path separator character. This breaks the spec.
• On some systems, this module will look in system specific locations for the "runtime_home". This
is useful, but technically violates the spec, so under strict mode the "runtime_home" method will
only return a path if one can be found via the spec.
METHODS
data_home
my $path = $xdg->data_home;
Returns the user-specific data directory for the application as a path class object.
config_home
my $path = $xdg->config_home;
Returns the user-specific configuration directory for the application as a path class object.
cache_home
my $path = $xdg->cache_home;
Returns the user-specific cache directory for the application as a path class object.
state_home
my $path = $xdg->state_home;
Returns the user-specific state directory for the application as a path class object.
runtime_home
[version 0.10]
my $dir = $xdg->runtime_home;
Returns the directory for user-specific non-essential runtime files and other file objects (such as
sockets, named pipes, etc) for the application.
This is not always provided, if not available, this method will return "undef".
Under strict mode, this method will only rely on the "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" to find this directory. Under
non-strict mode, system specific methods may be used, if the environment variable is not set:
Linux systemd
The path "/run/user/UID" will be used, if it exists, and fulfills the requirements of the spec.
data_dirs
my $dirs = $xdg->data_dirs;
Returns the system data directories, not modified for the application. Per the specification, the
returned string is ":"-delimited, except on Windows where it is ";"-delimited.
For portability "data_dirs_list" is preferred.
data_dirs_list
[version 0.06]
my @dirs = $xdg->data_dirs_list;
Returns the system data directories as a list of path class objects.
config_dirs
my $dirs = $xdg->config_dirs;
Returns the system config directories, not modified for the application. Per the specification, the
returned string is :-delimited, except on Windows where it is ";"-delimited.
For portability "config_dirs_list" is preferred.
config_dirs_list
[version 0.06]
my @dirs = $xdg->config_dirs_list;
Returns the system config directories as a list of path class objects.
exe_dir
[version 0.10]
my $exe = $xdg->exe_dir;
Returns the user-specific executable files directory "$HOME/.local/bin", if it exists. If it does not
exist then "undef" will be returned. This directory should be added to the "PATH" according to the spec.
lookup_data_file
my $xdg = File::XDG->new( name => $name, api => 1 ); # recommended
my $path = $xdg->lookup_data_File($filename);
Looks up the data file by searching for "./$name/$filename" (where $name is provided by the constructor)
relative to all base directories indicated by $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_DATA_DIRS. If an environment
variable is either not set or empty, its default value as defined by the specification is used instead.
Returns a path class object.
my $xdg = File::XDG->new( name => $name ); # back compat only
my $path = $xdg->lookup_data_file($subdir, $filename);
Looks up the data file by searching for "./$subdir/$filename" relative to all base directories indicated
by $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_DATA_DIRS. If an environment variable is either not set or empty, its default
value as defined by the specification is used instead. Returns a path class object.
lookup_config_file
my $xdg = File::XDG->new( name => $name, api => 1 ); # recommended
my $path = $xdg->lookup_config_file($filename);
Looks up the configuration file by searching for "./$name/$filename" (where $name is provided by the
constructor) relative to all base directories indicated by $XDG_CONFIG_HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS. If an
environment variable is either not set or empty, its default value as defined by the specification is
used instead. Returns a path class object.
my $xdg = File::XDG->new( name => $name ); # back compat only
my $path = $xdg->lookup_config_file($subdir, $filename);
Looks up the configuration file by searching for "./$subdir/$filename" relative to all base directories
indicated by $XDG_CONFIG_HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS. If an environment variable is either not set or
empty, its default value as defined by the specification is used instead. Returns a path class object.
SEE ALSO
XDG Base Directory specification, version 0.7 <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-
spec-latest.html>
CAVEATS
This module intentionally and out of necessity does not follow the spec on the following platforms:
"MSWin32" (Strawberry Perl, Visual C++ Perl, etc)
The spec requires ":" as the path separator, but use of this character is essential for absolute path
names in Windows, so the Windows Path separator ";" is used instead.
There are no global data or config directories in windows so the data and config directories are
empty list instead of the default UNIX locations.
The base directory instead of being the user's home directory is "%LOCALAPPDATA%". Arguably the data
and config base directory should be "%APPDATA%", but cache should definitely be in "%LOCALAPPDATA%",
and we chose to use just one base directory for simplicity.
SEE ALSO
Path::Class
Portable native path class used by this module used by default (api = 0) and optionally (api = 1).
Path::Tiny
Smaller lighter weight path class used optionally (api = 0) and by default (api = 1).
Path::Spec
Core Perl library for working with file and directory paths.
File::BaseDir
Provides similar functionality to this module with a different interface.
AUTHOR
Original author: Síle Ekaterin Aman
Current maintainer: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012-2021 by Síle Ekaterin Aman.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
programming language system itself.
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