Add getSharedDir() : non user-specific data/config directory#31
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Just to let you know. It turns out that a fresh install of Mac OS creates the /Users/Shared directory. However some methods of install such using migration assistant don't create it. I've had to add a check in my app to warn the user to create it if not present. My app can't create it because desktop apps don't have sufficient permissions to create a directory in /Users |
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As discussed in #30 , this PR adds a new method
getSharedDir()which returns the following directories./Users/SharedC:\ProgramData/srvOn macOS,
/Users/Sharedis writable to all users and this could be useful to desktop applications, for example.I am not sure if this is useful on other platforms.