Add ARDOUR::user_config_directory in new header ardour/filesystem_paths.h

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/trunk@2041 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf

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diff --git a/libs/ardour/filesystem_paths.cc b/libs/ardour/filesystem_paths.cc
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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2007 Tim Mayberry 
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#include <pbd/error.h>
+
+#include <glibmm/miscutils.h>
+
+#include <ardour/directory_names.h>
+#include <ardour/filesystem_paths.h>
+
+namespace ARDOUR {
+
+using std::string;
+
+sys::path
+user_config_directory ()
+{
+	const string home_dir = Glib::get_home_dir ();
+
+	if (home_dir.empty ())
+	{
+		const string error_msg = "Unable to determine home directory";
+
+		// log the error
+		error << error_msg << endmsg;
+
+		throw sys::filesystem_error(error_msg);
+	}
+
+	sys::path p(home_dir);
+	p /= user_config_dir_name;
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+} // namespace ARDOUR