From 6b75a60fa10d0f3e7e2938f2b0c37a2fc4d0bb27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe <rbo@gmx.us>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:20:20 +0100
Subject: up

---
 c_josh.go | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'c_josh.go')

diff --git a/c_josh.go b/c_josh.go
index 4bde78e..79ddf9d 100644
--- a/c_josh.go
+++ b/c_josh.go
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@
  * Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:59:13 +0100
  * Joe
  *
- * The main.
+ * the main
  */
 
-package josh
+package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-func josh() {
+func main() {
 	var data_dir string
 
 	if data_dir = c_get_data_dir() + "/josh"; len(data_dir) == 0 {
@@ -59,3 +59,33 @@ func josh() {
 	}
 	fmt.Println("data dir: ", data_dir)
 }
+
+// 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
+	}
+}
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