1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/c_init.go b/c_init.go
index aaec8b0..50bc062 100644
--- a/c_init.go
+++ b/c_init.go
@@ -52,4 +52,33 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
+// This function will go get the data folder and try to create it if it does
+// not exist. The first path being checked is $XDG_DATA_HOME then
+// $HOME/.local/share. It returns the full data directory path.
+func c_get_data_dir() string {
+	home := os.Getenv("HOME")
+	xdg_home := os.Getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME")
+
+	if len(home) == 0 {
+		c_die("env variable HOME not defined", nil)
+	}
+	if len(xdg_home) > 0 {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(xdg_home); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(xdg_home, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				c_die("could not create path " + xdg_home, err)
+			}
+			fmt.Println("created folder path " + xdg_home)
+		}
+		return xdg_home
+	} else {
+		home := home + ".local/share"
+		if _, err := os.Stat(home); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(home, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				c_die("could not create path " + home, err)
+			}
+			fmt.Println("created folder path " + home)
+		}
+		return home
+	}
+}