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Provide support for querying common directories (temp, local, roaming, ...)

Open cgcostume opened this issue 6 years ago • 0 comments

Provide cross-platform means for getting default locations for common uses such as:

  • user profile related data (e.g., C:/Users/<user.name>/AppData/Roaming in windows)
  • local application related data (e.g., C:/Users/<user.name>/AppData/Local in windows)
  • local application with lower integrity level (e.g., C:/Users/<user.name>/AppData/LocalLow in windows)
  • temporary data (e.g., C:/Users/<user.name>/AppData/Local/Temp in windows)
  • user data/documents (e.g., C:/Users/<user.name>/Documents) and similarly for Games, Save Games, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Downloads...

Imo this should not (yet) cover/handle querying of locations for specific users, but refer to the current user (the user that started the program) instead.

cgcostume avatar Apr 19 '18 12:04 cgcostume