WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `$HOME/.config` or `.` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_DATA_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `$HOME/.local/share` or `get_config_path()` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_CACHE_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `$HOME/.cache` or `get_config_path()` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
// The XDG Base Directory specification technically only applies on Linux/*BSD, but it doesn't hurt to support it on macOS as well.
if (has_environment("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) {
if (get_environment("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").is_abs_path()) {
if (get_environment("XDG_CONFIG_HOME").is_absolute_path()) {
return get_environment("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
} else {
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `$HOME/Library/Application Support` or `.` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
// The XDG Base Directory specification technically only applies on Linux/*BSD, but it doesn't hurt to support it on macOS as well.
if (has_environment("XDG_DATA_HOME")) {
if (get_environment("XDG_DATA_HOME").is_abs_path()) {
if (get_environment("XDG_DATA_HOME").is_absolute_path()) {
return get_environment("XDG_DATA_HOME");
} else {
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_DATA_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `get_config_path()` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
// The XDG Base Directory specification technically only applies on Linux/*BSD, but it doesn't hurt to support it on macOS as well.
if (has_environment("XDG_CACHE_HOME")) {
if (get_environment("XDG_CACHE_HOME").is_abs_path()) {
if (get_environment("XDG_CACHE_HOME").is_absolute_path()) {
return get_environment("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
} else {
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_CACHE_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `$HOME/Libary/Caches` or `get_config_path()` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `%APPDATA%` or `.` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_DATA_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `get_config_path()` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");
WARN_PRINT_ONCE("`XDG_CACHE_HOME` is a relative path. Ignoring its value and falling back to `%TEMP%` or `get_config_path()` per the XDG Base Directory specification.");