sys_paths.cc

/*
 * Copyright 2011,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 *
 * This file is part of GNU Radio
 *
 * GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

#include <gnuradio/sys_paths.h>
#include <cstdlib> //getenv
#include <cstdio>  //P_tmpdir (maybe)

#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>

namespace gr {

  const char *tmp_path()
  {
    const char *path;

    //first case, try TMP environment variable
    path = getenv("TMP");
    if(path)
      return path;

    //second case, try P_tmpdir when its defined
    #ifdef P_tmpdir
    if(P_tmpdir)
      return P_tmpdir;
    #endif /*P_tmpdir*/

    //fall-through case, nothing worked
    return "/tmp";
  }

  const char *appdata_path()
  {
    const char *path;

    //first case, try HOME environment variable (unix)
    path = getenv("HOME");
    if(path)
      return path;

    //second case, try APPDATA environment variable (windows)
    path = getenv("APPDATA");
    if(path)
      return path;

    //fall-through case, nothing worked
    return tmp_path();
  }

  std::string __userconf_path()
  {
    boost::filesystem::path p(appdata_path());
    p = p / ".gnuradio";
    return p.string();
  }

  const char *userconf_path()
  {
    static std::string p(__userconf_path());
    return p.c_str();
  }

}  /* namespace gr */