xdg-env

Node XDG-ENV

Provide an Object with the XDG_* env variables or their defaults (according to http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html)

Arrays are the env strings (or defaults) splitted by ':'
$* means process.env.*

Install

npm install xdg-env

Example

var env = require('xdg-env')
 
console.log(env)
 
// logs
 
{
    DATA_HOME: "/home/user/.local/share",
    
    CONFIG_HOME: "/home/user/.config",
    
    DATA_DIRS: [ // first DATA_DIR is always DATA_HOME
        "/home/user/.local/share",
        "/usr/share/pantheon",
        "/usr/share/gnome",
        "/usr/local/share/",
        "/usr/share/"
    ],
    
    CONFIG_DIRS: [
        "/etc/xdg/xdg-pantheon",
        "/etc/xdg"
    ],
    
    CACHE_HOME: "/home/user/.cache",
    
    CURRENT_DESKTOP: [
        "Pantheon" // Could by GNOME, KDE, Unity, etc. and more than one name
    ],
    
    USER_DIRS: { // dirs defined in $CONFIG_HOME/user-dirs.dirs
        DOWNLOAD: "/home/user/Descargas",
        TEMPLATES: "/home/user/Plantillas",
        PUBLICSHARE: "/home/user/Público",
        DOCUMENTS: "/home/user/Documentos",
        MUSIC: "/home/user/Música",
        PICTURES: "/home/user/Imágenes",
        VIDEOS: "/home/user/Vídeos",
        DESKTOP: "/home/user/Escritorio"
    }
}