+/*
+ * This function resolves ~ in pathnames.
+ * It may resolve wildcards in the first part of the path, but if no match
+ * or multiple matches are found, it just returns a copy of path as given.
+ *
+ */
+static char *resolve_tilde(const char *path) {
+ static glob_t globbuf;
+ char *head, *tail, *result = NULL;
+
+ tail = strchr(path, '/');
+ head = strndup(path, tail ? (size_t)(tail - path) : strlen(path));
+
+ int res = glob(head, GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &globbuf);
+ free(head);
+ /* no match, or many wildcard matches are bad */
+ if (res == GLOB_NOMATCH || globbuf.gl_pathc != 1)
+ result = sstrdup(path);
+ else if (res != 0) {
+ die("glob() failed");
+ } else {
+ head = globbuf.gl_pathv[0];
+ result = scalloc(strlen(head) + (tail ? strlen(tail) : 0) + 1);
+ strncpy(result, head, strlen(head));
+ if (tail)
+ strncat(result, tail, strlen(tail));
+ }
+ globfree(&globbuf);
+
+ return result;
+}
+
+static char *get_config_path(void) {
+ 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);
+
+ die("Unable to find the configuration file (looked at "
+ "~/.i3status.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config, "
+ "/etc/i3status.conf and $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config)");
+ return NULL;
+}
+