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Get XDG_DATA_HOME

Source: R/path.R
xdg_data_home.Rd

Return value for XDG_DATA_HOME as defined by the XDG Base Directory Specification

Usage

xdg_data_home(sep = "/", fallback = normalizePath(getwd(), winslash = sep))

Arguments

sep

Path separator to be used on Windows

fallback

Value to return as fallback (see details)

Value

The following algorithm is used to determine the returned path:

  1. If environment variable (EV) $XDG_DATA_HOME exists, return its value

  2. Else, if EV $HOME exists, return $HOME/.local/share

  3. Else, if EV $USERPROFILE exists, return $USERPROFILE/.local/share

  4. Else, return $fallback

See also

xdg_config_home()

Examples

xdg_data_home()
#> [1] "/home/runner/.local/share"