1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/SensibleDir.hs b/src/SensibleDir.hs
index 6151500..0133736 100644
--- a/src/SensibleDir.hs
+++ b/src/SensibleDir.hs
@@ -102,3 +102,36 @@ sensibleCacheDir suffix = do
 sensibleCacheDirCreateIfMissing suffix = do
     dir <- sensibleCacheDir suffix
     createDirectoryIfMissing True dir
+    return dir
+
+-- | Try to get something approximately equivalent to /var/lib
+--   but appropriate to install scenario..
+sensibleVarLib suffix = do
+    let ifunix x = if isUnix os then x
+                                else PrefixInstall
+    install <- ifunix <$> detectLikelyInstall
+    case install of
+        PrefixInstall -> do
+          if isUnix os
+           then do
+            dirs <- splitDirectories . takeDirectory <$> getExecutablePath
+            homedir <- getHomeDirectory
+            let rdir = reverse dirs
+            case take 1 rdir of
+                ["bin"] -> do
+                    let dir = foldl1 combine $ reverse (drop 1 rdir)
+                    if homedir == dir then getXdgDirectory XdgData suffix
+                                      else return (dir </> "share" </> suffix)
+                _ -> do
+                    let dir =  foldl1 combine dirs
+                    if homedir == dir then getXdgDirectory XdgData suffix
+                                      else return (dir </> "share" </> suffix)
+           else getAppUserDataDirectory ("share" </> suffix)
+        SystemInstall -> return ("/var/lib" </> suffix)
+        LocalInstall  -> return ("/var/lib" </> suffix) -- not using /var/local/lib because it should be easy to find
+        UserInstall  -> getXdgDirectory XdgCache suffix
+        NotInstalled -> do
+            dir <- splitDirectories . takeDirectory <$> getExecutablePath
+            let rdir = reverse dir
+            return . foldl1 combine $ reverse ("share": drop 2 rdir)
+