package configfile import ( "errors" "os" "path/filepath" ) func Path(fileExtension string) (string, error) { executableName := filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) configFileName := executableName + "." + fileExtension userConfigDir := UserConfigDir() // try all paths in succession and use the first one that succeeded paths := []string{ filepath.Join("/etc/", executableName, configFileName), filepath.Join("/etc/", configFileName), filepath.Join(userConfigDir, executableName, configFileName), filepath.Join(userConfigDir, configFileName), filepath.Clean(configFileName), } for _, path := range paths { if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil { return path, nil } } for _, path := range paths { if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0744); err != nil { continue } f, err := os.Create(path) if err == nil { f.Close() return path, nil } } return "", errors.New("no suitable config path found") } func UserConfigDir() string { cfg, ok := os.LookupEnv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") if ok { return filepath.Clean(cfg) } home, ok := os.LookupEnv("HOME") if ok { return filepath.Join(home, ".config") } user, ok := os.LookupEnv("USER") if ok { if user == "root" { return filepath.Join("/root", ".config") } return filepath.Join("/home", user, ".config") } return "." }