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+# This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
+#
+# Copyright 2014 Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Prints the local base directories as per the XDG Base Directory specification
+module show_basedir
+
+import xdg_basedir
+
+print "Data home: {xdg_basedir.data_home}"
+print "Config home: {xdg_basedir.config_home}"
+print "Cache home: {xdg_basedir.cache_home}"
+print "Data dirs: {xdg_basedir.data_dirs.join(", ")}"
+print "Searchable data dirs: {xdg_basedir.searchable_data_dirs.join(", ")}"
+print "Config dirs: {xdg_basedir.config_dirs.join(", ")}"
+print "Searchable config dirs: {xdg_basedir.searchable_config_dirs.join(", ")}"