Cross-Platform(Win/Linux/Mac)Data Save Location Library

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#1

Cross-Platform(Win/Linux/Mac)Data Save Location Library

Hi,

I am looking for a cross-platform library that would work with SDL
to retrieve a safe location to save/load program data
on PC Windows/Linux/Mac OS X.

The library would have a function to return a path on the OS which would allow full read/write access.

I tried Googling for a few hours, but nothing was found.

Thanks!------------------------
JeZ+Lee
JessePalser <AT> Gmail <DOT> com
16BitSoft®
Video Game Design Studio
www.16BitSoft.com

#2

PhysicsFS? http://icculus.org/physfs/On 2013-07-13, at 4:31 PM, “JeZ-l-Lee” wrote:

Cross-Platform(Win/Linux/Mac)Data Save Location Library

Hi,

I am looking for a cross-platform library that would work with SDL
to retrieve a safe location to save/load program data
on PC Windows/Linux/Mac OS X.

The library would have a function to return a path on the OS which would allow full read/write access.

I tried Googling for a few hours, but nothing was found.

Thanks!

JeZ+Lee
JessePalser Gmail com
16BitSoft®
Video Game Design Studio
www.16BitSoft.com

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#3

None specific to SDL, since SDL really doesn’t deal with that stuff.

I use PhysicsFS, but that’s more oriented towards sandboxing (using a
virtual filesystem, so the program can only access the directories you
tell it to). However, it does provide that information.

2013/7/13, JeZ-l-Lee :> Cross-Platform(Win/Linux/Mac)Data Save Location Library

Hi,

I am looking for a cross-platform library that would work with SDL
to retrieve a safe location to save/load program data
on PC Windows/Linux/Mac OS X.

The library would have a function to return a path on the OS which would
allow full read/write access.

I tried Googling for a few hours, but nothing was found.

Thanks!

JeZ+Lee
JessePalser <AT> Gmail <DOT> com
16BitSoft®
Video Game Design Studio
www.16BitSoft.com

#4

I use PhysicsFS, but that’s more oriented towards sandboxing (using a
virtual filesystem, so the program can only access the directories you
tell it to). However, it does provide that information.

Being zlib-licensed, feel free to gank just that piece of functionality
out of the physfs source code if you want. Look for
__PHYSFS_platformCalcPrefDir() for various platforms’ implementations
(Windows, Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS).

–ryan.

#5

Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

Being zlib-licensed, feel free to gank just that piece of functionality out of the physfs source code if you want. Look for __PHYSFS_platformCalcPrefDir() for various platforms’ implementations (Windows, Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS).
–ryan
Hi,

Thanks, I’ll take a look in the morning.
I’m currently hitting “GameMaker: Studio” with a very large hammer!------------------------
JeZ+Lee
JessePalser <AT> Gmail <DOT> com
16BitSoft®
Video Game Design Studio
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