SYNOPSIS

my App;
use Moo;
with MooX::File::ConfigDir;
1;
package main;
my $app = App->new();
$app->config_identifier('MyProject');
my @cfgdirs = @{ $app->config_dirs };
# install support
my $site_cfg_dir = $app->site_cfg_dir->[0];
my $vendor_cfg_dir = $app->site_cfg_dir->[0];

DESCRIPTION

This module is a helper for easily find configuration file locations. Whether to use this information for find a suitable place for installing them or looking around for finding any piece of settings, heavily depends on the requirements.

ATTRIBUTES

config_identifier

Allows to deal with a global unique identifier passed to the functions of File::ConfigDir. Using it encapsulates configuration files from the other ones (eg. "/etc/apache2" vs. "/etc").

"config_identifier" can be initialized by specifying it as parameter during object construction or via inheriting default builder ("_build_config_identifier").

system_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory where configuration files of the operating system resides. For details see ``system_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

desktop_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory where configuration files of the desktop applications resides. For details see ``desktop_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

xdg_config_dirs

Alias for desktop_cfg_dir to support XDG Base Directory Specification <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>

core_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory of the Perl5 core location. For details see ``core_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

site_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory of the Perl5 sitelib location. For details see ``site_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

vendor_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory of the Perl5 vendorlib location. For details see ``vendor_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

singleapp_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory of $0 if it's installed as a separate package - either a program bundle (TSM, Oracle DB) or an independent package combination (eg. via pkgsrc <http://www.pkgsrc.org/> For details see ``singleapp_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

local_cfg_dir

Returns the configuration directory for distribution independent, 3rd party applications. For details see ``local_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

locallib_cfg_dir

Provides the configuration directory of the Perl5 local::lib environment location. For details see ``locallib_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

here_cfg_dir

Provides the path for the "etc" directory below the current working directory. For details see ``here_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

user_cfg_dir

Provides the users home folder using File::HomeDir. For details see ``user_cfg_dir'' in File::ConfigDir.

xdg_config_home

Returns the user configuration directory for desktop applications. For details see ``xdg_config_home'' in File::ConfigDir.

config_dirs

Tries to get all available configuration directories as described above. Returns those who exists and are readable. For details see ``config_dirs'' in File::ConfigDir.

AUTHOR

Jens Rehsack, "<rehsack at cpan.org>"

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc MooX::File::ConfigDir

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=MooX-File-ConfigDir>

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  <http://annocpan.org/dist/MooX-File-ConfigDir>

• CPAN Ratings

  <http://cpanratings.perl.org/m/MooX-File-ConfigDir>

• Search CPAN

  <http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooX-File-ConfigDir/>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013-2015 Jens Rehsack.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.