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								# xdg-basedir [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/xdg-basedir)
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								> Get [XDG Base Directory](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) paths
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								## Install
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								```
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								$ npm install --save xdg-basedir
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								```
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								## Usage
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								```js
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								const xdgBasedir = require('xdg-basedir');
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								xdgBasedir.data;
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								//=> '/home/sindresorhus/.local/share'
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								xdgBasedir.config;
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								//=> '/home/sindresorhus/.config'
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								xdgBasedir.dataDirs
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								//=> ['/home/sindresorhus/.local/share', '/usr/local/share/', '/usr/share/']
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								```
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								## API
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								The properties `.data`, `.config`, `.cache`, `.runtime` will return `null` in the uncommon case that both the XDG environment variable is not set and the users home directory can't be found. You need to handle this case. A common solution is to [fall back to a temp directory](https://github.com/yeoman/configstore/blob/b82690fc401318ad18dcd7d151a0003a4898a314/index.js#L15).
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								### .data
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								Directory for user specific data files.
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								### .config
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								Directory for user specific configuration files.
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								### .cache
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								Directory for user specific non-essential data files.
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								### .runtime
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								Directory for user-specific non-essential runtime files and other file objects (such as sockets, named pipes, etc).
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								### .dataDirs
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								Preference-ordered array of base directories to search for data files in addition to `.data`.
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								### .configDirs
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								Preference-ordered array of base directories to search for configuration files in addition to `.config`.
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								## License
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								MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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