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Metadata-Version: 2.1
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Name: platformdirs
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Version: 2.5.4
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Summary: A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a "user data dir".
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Project-URL: Documentation, https://platformdirs.readthedocs.io
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Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs
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Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs
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Project-URL: Tracker, https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/issues
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Maintainer-email: Bernát Gábor <gaborjbernat@gmail.com>, Julian Berman <Julian@GrayVines.com>, Ofek Lev <oss@ofek.dev>, Ronny Pfannschmidt <opensource@ronnypfannschmidt.de>
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License-File: LICENSE
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Keywords: application,cache,directory,log,user
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Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
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Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
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Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
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Requires-Python: >=3.7
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Provides-Extra: docs
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Requires-Dist: furo>=2022.9.29; extra == 'docs'
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Requires-Dist: proselint>=0.13; extra == 'docs'
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Requires-Dist: sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.19.4; extra == 'docs'
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Requires-Dist: sphinx>=5.3; extra == 'docs'
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Provides-Extra: test
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Requires-Dist: appdirs==1.4.4; extra == 'test'
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Requires-Dist: pytest-cov>=4; extra == 'test'
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Requires-Dist: pytest-mock>=3.10; extra == 'test'
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Requires-Dist: pytest>=7.2; extra == 'test'
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Description-Content-Type: text/x-rst
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The problem
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===========
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.. image:: https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/workflows/Test/badge.svg
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:target: https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/actions?query=workflow%3ATest
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When writing desktop application, finding the right location to store user data
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and configuration varies per platform. Even for single-platform apps, there
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may by plenty of nuances in figuring out the right location.
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For example, if running on macOS, you should use::
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~/Library/Application Support/<AppName>
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If on Windows (at least English Win XP) that should be::
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C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Local Settings\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
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or possibly::
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C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
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for `roaming profiles <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-vista/cc766489(v=ws.10)>`_ but that is another story.
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On Linux (and other Unices), according to the `XDG Basedir Spec`_, it should be::
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~/.local/share/<AppName>
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.. _XDG Basedir Spec: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
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``platformdirs`` to the rescue
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==============================
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This kind of thing is what the ``platformdirs`` package is for.
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``platformdirs`` will help you choose an appropriate:
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- user data dir (``user_data_dir``)
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- user config dir (``user_config_dir``)
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- user cache dir (``user_cache_dir``)
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- site data dir (``site_data_dir``)
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- site config dir (``site_config_dir``)
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- user log dir (``user_log_dir``)
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- user documents dir (``user_documents_dir``)
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- user runtime dir (``user_runtime_dir``)
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And also:
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- Is slightly opinionated on the directory names used. Look for "OPINION" in
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documentation and code for when an opinion is being applied.
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Example output
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==============
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On macOS:
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> from platformdirs import *
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>>> appname = "SuperApp"
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>>> appauthor = "Acme"
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>>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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>>> site_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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>>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/SuperApp'
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>>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Logs/SuperApp'
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>>> user_documents_dir()
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'/Users/trentm/Documents'
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>>> user_runtime_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/SuperApp'
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On Windows 7:
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> from platformdirs import *
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>>> appname = "SuperApp"
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>>> appauthor = "Acme"
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>>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Acme\\SuperApp'
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>>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor, roaming=True)
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'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Roaming\\Acme\\SuperApp'
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>>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Acme\\SuperApp\\Cache'
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>>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Acme\\SuperApp\\Logs'
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>>> user_documents_dir()
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'C:\\Users\\trentm\\Documents'
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>>> user_runtime_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Acme\\SuperApp'
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On Linux:
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> from platformdirs import *
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>>> appname = "SuperApp"
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>>> appauthor = "Acme"
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>>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/home/trentm/.local/share/SuperApp'
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>>> site_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/usr/local/share/SuperApp'
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>>> site_data_dir(appname, appauthor, multipath=True)
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'/usr/local/share/SuperApp:/usr/share/SuperApp'
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>>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/home/trentm/.cache/SuperApp'
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>>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/home/trentm/.cache/SuperApp/log'
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>>> user_config_dir(appname)
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'/home/trentm/.config/SuperApp'
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>>> user_documents_dir()
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'/home/trentm/Documents'
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>>> user_runtime_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/run/user/{os.getuid()}/SuperApp'
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>>> site_config_dir(appname)
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'/etc/xdg/SuperApp'
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>>> os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_DIRS"] = "/etc:/usr/local/etc"
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>>> site_config_dir(appname, multipath=True)
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'/etc/SuperApp:/usr/local/etc/SuperApp'
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On Android::
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>>> from platformdirs import *
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>>> appname = "SuperApp"
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>>> appauthor = "Acme"
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>>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/data/data/com.myApp/files/SuperApp'
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>>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/data/data/com.myApp/cache/SuperApp'
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>>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/data/data/com.myApp/cache/SuperApp/log'
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>>> user_config_dir(appname)
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'/data/data/com.myApp/shared_prefs/SuperApp'
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>>> user_documents_dir()
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'/storage/emulated/0/Documents'
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>>> user_runtime_dir(appname, appauthor)
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'/data/data/com.myApp/cache/SuperApp/tmp'
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Note: Some android apps like Termux and Pydroid are used as shells. These
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apps are used by the end user to emulate Linux environment. Presence of
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``SHELL`` environment variable is used by Platformdirs to differentiate
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between general android apps and android apps used as shells. Shell android
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apps also support ``XDG_*`` environment variables.
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``PlatformDirs`` for convenience
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================================
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> from platformdirs import PlatformDirs
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>>> dirs = PlatformDirs("SuperApp", "Acme")
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>>> dirs.user_data_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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>>> dirs.site_data_dir
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'/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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>>> dirs.user_cache_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/SuperApp'
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>>> dirs.user_log_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Logs/SuperApp'
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>>> dirs.user_documents_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Documents'
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>>> dirs.user_runtime_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/SuperApp'
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Per-version isolation
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=====================
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If you have multiple versions of your app in use that you want to be
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able to run side-by-side, then you may want version-isolation for these
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dirs::
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>>> from platformdirs import PlatformDirs
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>>> dirs = PlatformDirs("SuperApp", "Acme", version="1.0")
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>>> dirs.user_data_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp/1.0'
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>>> dirs.site_data_dir
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'/Library/Application Support/SuperApp/1.0'
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>>> dirs.user_cache_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/SuperApp/1.0'
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>>> dirs.user_log_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Logs/SuperApp/1.0'
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>>> dirs.user_documents_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Documents'
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>>> dirs.user_runtime_dir
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'/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/SuperApp/1.0'
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Be wary of using this for configuration files though; you'll need to handle
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migrating configuration files manually.
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Why this Fork?
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==============
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This repository is a friendly fork of the wonderful work started by
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`ActiveState <https://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs>`_ who created
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``appdirs``, this package's ancestor.
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Maintaining an open source project is no easy task, particularly
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from within an organization, and the Python community is indebted
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to ``appdirs`` (and to Trent Mick and Jeff Rouse in particular) for
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creating an incredibly useful simple module, as evidenced by the wide
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number of users it has attracted over the years.
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Nonetheless, given the number of long-standing open issues
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and pull requests, and no clear path towards `ensuring
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that maintenance of the package would continue or grow
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<https://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs/issues/79>`_, this fork was
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created.
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Contributions are most welcome.
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