1SD_PATH_LOOKUP(3) sd_path_lookup SD_PATH_LOOKUP(3)
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6 sd_path_lookup, sd_path_lookup_strv - Query well-known file system
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10 #include <systemd/sd-path.h>
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12 enum {
13 SD_PATH_TEMPORARY,
14 SD_PATH_TEMPORARY_LARGE,
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16 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_BINARIES,
17 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_INCLUDE,
18 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PRIVATE,
19 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_ARCH,
20 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_SHARED,
21 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_FACTORY,
22 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_FACTORY,
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24 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION,
25 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_RUNTIME,
26 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LOGS,
27 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_PRIVATE,
28 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_LOGS,
29 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_CACHE,
30 SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_SPOOL,
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32 SD_PATH_USER_BINARIES,
33 SD_PATH_USER_LIBRARY_PRIVATE,
34 SD_PATH_USER_LIBRARY_ARCH,
35 SD_PATH_USER_SHARED,
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37 SD_PATH_USER_CONFIGURATION,
38 SD_PATH_USER_RUNTIME,
39 SD_PATH_USER_STATE_CACHE,
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41 SD_PATH_USER,
42 SD_PATH_USER_DOCUMENTS,
43 SD_PATH_USER_MUSIC,
44 SD_PATH_USER_PICTURES,
45 SD_PATH_USER_VIDEOS,
46 SD_PATH_USER_DOWNLOAD,
47 SD_PATH_USER_PUBLIC,
48 SD_PATH_USER_TEMPLATES,
49 SD_PATH_USER_DESKTOP,
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51 SD_PATH_SEARCH_BINARIES,
52 SD_PATH_SEARCH_BINARIES_DEFAULT,
53 SD_PATH_SEARCH_LIBRARY_PRIVATE,
54 SD_PATH_SEARCH_LIBRARY_ARCH,
55 SD_PATH_SEARCH_SHARED,
56 SD_PATH_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION_FACTORY,
57 SD_PATH_SEARCH_STATE_FACTORY,
58 SD_PATH_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION,
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60 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_UTIL,
61 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT,
62 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_PRESET,
63 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT,
64 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_USER_PRESET,
65 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_CONF,
66 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_USER_CONF,
67 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SEARCH_SYSTEM_UNIT,
68 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SEARCH_USER_UNIT,
69 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_GENERATOR,
70 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_USER_GENERATOR,
71 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SEARCH_SYSTEM_GENERATOR,
72 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SEARCH_USER_GENERATOR,
73 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SLEEP,
74 SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SHUTDOWN,
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76 SD_PATH_TMPFILES,
77 SD_PATH_SYSUSERS,
78 SD_PATH_SYSCTL,
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80 SD_PATH_MODULES_LOAD,
81 SD_PATH_CATALOG,
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86 int sd_path_lookup(uint64_t type, const char *suffix, char **paths);
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88 int sd_path_lookup_strv(uint64_t type, const char *suffix,
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92 sd_path_lookup() and sd_bus_path_lookup_strv() return a single path or
93 set of file system paths specified by the argument type. In case of
94 sd_path_lookup() a single NUL-terminated string is returned. When type
95 specifies a set of paths, they are concatenated using ":" as a
96 separator (as is traditionally done for e.g. $PATH or
97 $LD_LIBRARY_PATH). In case of sd_path_lookup_strv() a NULL-terminated
98 array of strings is returned (strv). If suffix suffix is given, it is
99 concatenated to each of the paths after a slash ("/"). All returned
100 paths are absolute.
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102 For paths which refer to user directories, the relevant XDG standard is
103 followed, with support for environment variables like
104 $XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR, $XDG_DESKTOP_DIR, ..., and explicit configuration
105 in /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf or ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/user-dirs.dirs. See
106 XDG Base Directory Specification[1] for details.
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108 systemd-path(1) is a wrapper around sd_path_lookup() and allows the
109 same set of paths to be queried.
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112 On success, sd_path_lookup() and sd_path_lookup_strv() return a
113 non-negative integer. On failure, a negative errno-style error number
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116 The returned string or string array (strv) must be free(3)'d by the
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129 Query failed because of an undefined environment variable (e.g. for
130 SD_PATH_USER_RUNTIME when $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not defined).
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136 Look up the location of ~/Documents
137 #include <stdio.h>
138 #include <sd-path.h>
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140 int main(void) {
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143 sd_path_lookup(SD_PATH_USER_DOCUMENTS, NULL, &t);
144 printf("~/Documents: %s\n", t);
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147 Note that the default answer of $HOME/Documents may be overridden by
148 user-dirs.conf or $XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR.
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151 These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled
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158 1. XDG Base Directory Specification
159 https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
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