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diff --git a/louloulibs/utils/xdg.cpp b/louloulibs/utils/xdg.cpp
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+#include <utils/xdg.hpp>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include "louloulibs.h"
+
+std::string xdg_config_path(const std::string& filename)
+{
+ const char* xdg_config_home = ::getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+ if (xdg_config_home && xdg_config_home[0] == '/')
+ return std::string{xdg_config_home} + "/" PROJECT_NAME "/" + filename;
+ else
+ {
+ const char* home = ::getenv("HOME");
+ if (home)
+ return std::string{home} + "/" ".config" "/" PROJECT_NAME "/" + filename;
+ else
+ return filename;
+ }
+}
+
diff --git a/louloulibs/utils/xdg.hpp b/louloulibs/utils/xdg.hpp
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+#ifndef XDG_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define XDG_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+#include <string>
+
+/**
+ * Returns a path for the given filename, according to the XDG base
+ * directory specification, see
+ * http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+ */
+std::string xdg_config_path(const std::string& filename);
+
+#endif /* XDG_HPP_INCLUDED */