{- | Resource location support library for software deployed with the hsinstall utility. Or, really, anything that roughly follows an FHS-like deployment structure. -} module HSInstall.Resources ( getRsrcDir ) where import System.Directory ( doesDirectoryExist ) import System.Environment ( getExecutablePath ) import System.FilePath ( (), takeDirectory, takeFileName ) {- | Get a path to the application resources directory relative to the binary location. The argument passed here is expected to be the output of @getDataDir@ generated by Cabal at compile time in the @Paths_YOUR_PROJECT@ module. Usage: @ import HSInstall.Resources ( getRsrcDir ) import Paths_PROJECTNAME ( getDataDir ) resourcesDir <- getRsrcDir getDataDir @ If your binary is at @\/foo\/bar\/usr\/bin\/BINARY@, this library will generate this path: @\/foo\/bar\/usr\/share\/PROJECTNAME-VERSION\/resources@ -} getRsrcDir :: IO FilePath -> IO FilePath getRsrcDir cabalDataDir = do appDir <- takeFileName <$> cabalDataDir rsrcPath <- ( "share" appDir "resources" ) . takeDirectory . takeDirectory <$> getExecutablePath rsrcPathExists <- doesDirectoryExist rsrcPath if rsrcPathExists then return rsrcPath else fail "Unable to find resources directory"