follow XDG_DATA_DIR spec for app data

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 55900b0..ab7e7ef 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use cursive::theme::{BaseColor, Color};
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 pub struct AppConfig {
     pub true_chr: char,
@@ -30,3 +32,13 @@ pub fn load_configuration_file() -> AppConfig {
         future_color: Color::Light(BaseColor::Black),
     };
 }
+
+pub fn data_file() -> PathBuf {
+    if let Some(proj_dirs) = ProjectDirs::from("rs", "nerdypepper", "dijo") {
+        let mut data_file = PathBuf::from(proj_dirs.data_dir());
+        data_file.push("habit_record.json");
+        return data_file;
+    } else {
+        panic!("Invalid home directory!")
+    };
+}