From b097a89f1dd01eb57e605ab2e3002fff127787af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Claudius \"keldu\" Holeksa" <mail@keldu.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:14:57 +0100
Subject: Do more env handling

---
 lib/core/c++/environment.hpp | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/core')

diff --git a/lib/core/c++/environment.hpp b/lib/core/c++/environment.hpp
index 9e587d0..f9bac48 100644
--- a/lib/core/c++/environment.hpp
+++ b/lib/core/c++/environment.hpp
@@ -7,18 +7,70 @@
 namespace kel {
 namespace lbm {
 
+struct environment {
+	std::filesystem::path lbm_dir;
+	std::filesystem::path data_dir;
+};
+
+saw::error_or<environment> lbm_directory(){
+	namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+	const char* home_dir = std::getenv("HOME");
+	if(not home_dir){
+		return saw::make_error<saw::err::not_found>("Couldn't find home dir");
+	}
+
+	environment env;
+
+	env.lbm_dir = std::filesystem::path{home_dir} / ".lbm";
+
+	{
+		env.data_dir = env.lbm_dir / "data";
+		// LBM
+		auto lbm_dir_config = lbm_dir / "data_dir_location.txt";
+		if( fs::exists(lbm_dir_config) && fs::is_regular_file(lbm_dir_config) ){
+			std::ifstream file{lbm_dir_config};
+
+			if(file.is_open()){
+				std::stringstream buffer;
+				buffer <<file.rdbuf();
+				env.data_dir = fs::path{buffer.str()};
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return env;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the default output directory.
  * Located outside the project dir because dispatching build jobs with output data in the git directory
  * also copies simulated data which takes a long time.
  */
 saw::error_or<std::filesystem::path> output_directory(){
+	namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
 	const char* home_dir = std::getenv("HOME");
 	if(not home_dir){
 		return saw::make_error<saw::err::not_found>("Couldn't find home dir");
 	}
 
-	return std::filesystem::path{home_dir} / ".lbm";
+	auto lbm_dir = std::filesystem::path{home_dir} / ".lbm";
+
+	{
+		auto lbm_dir_config = lbm_dir / "data_dir_location.txt";
+		if( fs::exists(lbm_dir_config) && fs::is_regular_file(lbm_dir_config) ){
+			std::ifstream file{lbm_dir_config};
+
+			if(file.is_open()){
+				std::stringstream buffer;
+				buffer <<file.rdbuf();
+				return fs::path{buffer.str()};
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return lbm_dir / "data";
 }
 
 }
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