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File::BaseDir(3)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     File::BaseDir(3)

NAME
       File::BaseDir - Use the Freedesktop.org base directory specification

SYNOPSIS
	       use File::BaseDir qw/xdg_data_files/;
	       for ( xdg_data_files('mime/globs') ) {
		       # do something
	       }

DESCRIPTION
       This module can be used to find directories and files as specified by
       the Freedesktop.org Base Directory Specification. This specifications
       gives a mechanism to locate directories for configuration, application
       data and cache data. It is suggested that desktop applications for e.g.
       the Gnome, KDE or Xfce platforms follow this layout. However, the same
       layout can just as well be used for non-GUI applications.

       This module forked from File::MimeInfo.

       This module follows version 0.6 of BaseDir specification.

EXPORT
       None by default, but all methods can be exported on demand.  Also the
       groups ":lookup" and ":vars" are defined. The ":vars" group contains
       all routines with a "xdg_" prefix; the ":lookup" group contains the
       routines to locate files and directories.

METHODS
       "new()"
	   Simple constructor to allow Object Oriented use of this module.

   Lookup
       The following methods are used to lookup files and folders in one of
       the search paths.

       "data_home(@PATH)"
	   Takes a list of file path elements and returns a new path by
	   appending them to the data home directory. The new path does not
	   need to exist.  Use this when writing user specific application
	   data.

	   Example:

	     # data_home is: /home/USER/.local/share
	     $path = $bd->data_home('Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz');
	     # returns: /home/USER/.local/share/Foo/Bar/Baz

       "data_dirs(@PATH)"
	   Looks for directories specified by @PATH in the data home and other
	   data directories. Returns (possibly empty) list of readable
	   directories. In scalar context only the first directory found is
	   returned. Use this to lookup application data.

       "data_files(@PATH)"
	   Looks for files specified by @PATH in the data home and other data
	   directories. Only returns files that are readable. In scalar
	   context only the first file found is returned. Use this to lookup
	   application data.

       "config_home(@PATH)"
	   Takes a list of path elements and appends them to the config home
	   directory returning a new path. The new path does not need to
	   exist.  Use this when writing user specific configuration.

       "config_dirs(@PATH)"
	   Looks for directories specified by @PATH in the config home and
	   other config directories. Returns (possibly empty) list of readable
	   directories. In scalar context only the first directory found is
	   returned. Use this to lookup configuration.

       "config_files(@PATH)"
	   Looks for files specified by @PATH in the config home and other
	   config directories. Returns a (possibly empty) list of files that
	   are readable. In scalar context only the first file found is
	   returned.  Use this to lookup configuration.

       "cache_home(@PATH)"
	   Takes a list of path elements and appends them to the cache home
	   directory returning a new path. The new path does not need to
	   exist.

   Variables
       The following methods only returns the value of one of the XDG
       variables.

       "xdg_data_home"
	   Returns either $ENV{XDG_DATA_HOME} or it's default value.  Default
	   is $HOME/.local/share.

       "xdg_data_dirs"
	   Returns either $ENV{XDG_DATA_DIRS} or it's default value as list.
	   Default is /usr/local/share, /usr/share.

       "xdg_config_home"
	   Returns either $ENV{XDG_CONFIG_HOME} or it's default value.
	   Default is $HOME/.config.

       "xdg_config_dirs"
	   Returns either $ENV{XDG_CONFIG_DIRS} or it's default value as list.
	   Default is /etc/xdg.

       "xdg_cache_home"
	   Returns either $ENV{XDG_CACHE_HOME} or it's default value.  Default
	   is $HOME/.cache.

NON-UNIX PLATFORMS
       The use of File::Spec ensures that all paths are returned in the
       apropriate form for the current platform. On Windows this module will
       try to set $HOME to a sensible value if it is not defined yet. On other
       platforms one can use e.g. File::HomeDir to set $HOME before loading
       File::BaseDir.

       Please note that the specification is targeting Unix platforms only and
       will only have limited relevance on other platforms. Any platform
       dependend behavior in this module should be considerd an extension of
       the spec.

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
       The methods "xdg_data_files()" and "xdg_config_files()" are exported
       for backwards compatibilty with version 0.02. They are identical to
       "data_files()" and "config_files()" respectively but without the
       "wantarray" behavior.

BUGS
       Please mail the author if you encounter any bugs.

AUTHOR
       Jaap Karssenberg || Pardus [Larus] <pardus@cpan.org>

       Copyright (c) 2003, 2007 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved.  This
       program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
       <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec>

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