blender-archive/intern/ghost/GHOST_Path-api.h

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#ifndef	GHOST_PATH_API_H
#define GHOST_PATH_API_H

#include "GHOST_Types.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" { 
#endif

/**
 * Determine the base dir in which shared resources are located. It will first try to use
 * "unpack and run" path, then look for properly installed path, not including versioning.
 * @return Unsigned char string pointing to system dir (eg /usr/share/blender/).
 */
extern const GHOST_TUns8* GHOST_getSystemDir();

/**
 * Determine the base dir in which user configuration is stored, not including versioning.
 * If needed, it will create the base directory.
 * @return Unsigned char string pointing to user dir (eg ~/.blender/).
 */
extern const GHOST_TUns8* GHOST_getUserDir();


/**
 * Determine the dir in which the binary file is found.
 * @return Unsigned char string pointing to binary dir (eg ~/usr/local/bin/).
 */
extern const GHOST_TUns8* GHOST_getBinaryDir();

#ifdef __cplusplus
} 
#endif

#endif