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@vltpkg/xdg

xdg

Get appropriate data, cache, and config directories following the XDG spec, namespaced to a specific app-name subfolder.

Usage

import XDG from '@vltpkg/xdg'


// instantiate with the name of your thing.
const xdg = new XDG('vlt')


const cachePath = xdg.cache('some-path') // ~/.cache/vlt/some-path
const configFile = xdg.config('vlt.json') // ~/.config/vlt/vlt.json
const dataFolder = xdg.data('blah') // ~/.local/share/vlt/blah
const someState = xdg.state('foobar') // ~/.local/state/vlt/fooobar