+static char *get_config_path() {
+ char *xdg_config_home, *xdg_config_dirs, *config_path;
+
+ /* 1: check the traditional path under the home directory */
+ config_path = resolve_tilde("~/.i3status.conf");
+ if (path_exists(config_path))
+ return config_path;
+
+ /* 2: check for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config */
+ if ((xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) == NULL)
+ xdg_config_home = "~/.config";
+
+ xdg_config_home = resolve_tilde(xdg_config_home);
+ if (asprintf(&config_path, "%s/i3status/config", xdg_config_home) == -1)
+ die("asprintf() failed");
+ free(xdg_config_home);
+
+ if (path_exists(config_path))
+ return config_path;
+ free(config_path);
+
+ /* 3: check the traditional path under /etc */
+ config_path = SYSCONFDIR "/i3status.conf";
+ if (path_exists(config_path))
+ return sstrdup(config_path);
+
+ /* 4: check for $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config */
+ if ((xdg_config_dirs = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS")) == NULL)
+ xdg_config_dirs = "/etc/xdg";
+
+ char *buf = strdup(xdg_config_dirs);
+ char *tok = strtok(buf, ":");
+ while (tok != NULL) {
+ tok = resolve_tilde(tok);
+ if (asprintf(&config_path, "%s/i3status/config", tok) == -1)
+ die("asprintf() failed");
+ free(tok);
+ if (path_exists(config_path)) {
+ free(buf);
+ return config_path;
+ }
+ free(config_path);
+ tok = strtok(NULL, ":");
+ }
+ free(buf);