getUserStateDir

Returns a base directory in which to store state files specific to particular user.

On UNIX platforms this is determined using the mechanisms described in the XDG Base Directory Specification. In this case the directory retrieved will be XDG_STATE_HOME.

On Windows it follows XDG Base Directory Specification if XDG_STATE_HOME is defined. If XDG_STATE_HOME is undefined, the folder to use for local (as opposed to roaming) application data is used instead. See the documentation for `FOLDERID_LocalAppData`. Note that in this case on Windows it will be the same as what glib.global.getUserDataDir returns.

The return value is cached and modifying it at runtime is not supported, as it’s not thread-safe to modify environment variables at runtime.

string
getUserStateDir
()

Return Value

Type: string

a string owned by GLib that must not be modified or freed.