/os-configdir

Return a directory for user-specific configuration files.

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configdir

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Return a directory for user-specific configuration files.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/os-configdir

Alternatively,

  • To load the package in a website via a script tag without installation and bundlers, use the ES Module available on the esm branch (see README).
  • If you are using Deno, visit the deno branch (see README for usage intructions).
  • For use in Observable, or in browser/node environments, use the Universal Module Definition (UMD) build available on the umd branch (see README).
  • To use as a general utility for the command line, install the corresponding CLI package globally.

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Usage

var configdir = require( '@stdlib/os-configdir' );

configdir( [path] )

Returns a directory for user-specific configuration files.

var dir = configdir();
// e.g., returns '/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences'

To append a path to the base directory, provide a path argument.

var dir = configdir( 'appname/config' );
// e.g., returns '/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/appname/config'

On non-Windows platforms, if the function is unable to locate the current user's home directory, the function returns null. Similarly, on Windows platforms, if the function is unable to locate an application data directory, the function also returns null.

Notes

  • On Windows platforms, the function first checks for a LOCALAPPDATA environment variable before checking for an APPDATA environment variable. This means that machine specific user configuration files have precedence over roaming user configuration files.

Examples

var configdir = require( '@stdlib/os-configdir' );

console.log( configdir( 'appy/config' ) );

CLI

Installation

To use as a general utility, install the CLI package globally

npm install -g @stdlib/os-configdir-cli

Usage

Usage: configdir [options]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.

Examples

$ configdir
e.g., /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences

See Also

Notice

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