Method createConfigFile

pkg/unpackerr/cnfgfile.go:189–225

createConfigFile attempts to avoid creating a config file on linux or freebsd. It used to avoid it when running on macos from homebrew, but not anymore.

(file string)

// createConfigFile attempts to avoid creating a config file on linux or freebsd.
// It used to avoid it when running on macos from homebrew, but not anymore.
func (u *Unpackerr) createConfigFile(file string) (string, error) {
	if isRunningInDocker() {
		if stat, err := os.Stat("/config"); err == nil && stat.IsDir() {
			file = "/config/unpackerr.conf"
		}
	}

	if file == "" {
		return "", nil
	}

	file, err := filepath.Abs(expandHomedir(file))
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("absolute file: %w", err)
	}

	dir := filepath.Dir(file)
	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, logsDirMode); err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("making config dir: %w", err)
	}

	fOpen, err := os.Create(file)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("creating config file: %w", err)
	}
	defer fOpen.Close()

	if _, err = fOpen.Write(examples.ConfigFile); err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("writing config file: %w", err)
	}

	if err := cnfgfile.Unmarshal(u.Config, file); err != nil {
		return file, fmt.Errorf("config file: %w", err)
	}

	return file, nil
}

// This function checks if rar passwords need to be read from a file path.
// Only runs once at startup to load passwords into memory.