Merge pull request #77 from victor-wei126/main

add default data path for unix to README and comments
ethereum · Aug 19, 2021 · 9edb480 · 9edb480
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ cargo run -p trin-state|trin-history
 
 **Optional:** Custom data directory
 ```shell
-TRIN_DATA_PATH="/path"
+TRIN_DATA_PATH="/your_path"
 ```
+*Note, default data paths are:*\
+Linux/Unix - `$HOME/.local/share/trin`\
+MacOS - `~/Library/Application Support/Trin`\
+Windows - `C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Trin\data`
 
 ### Connect over IPC
 In a python shell:

diff --git a/trin-core/src/utils.rs b/trin-core/src/utils.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn get_data_dir() -> String {
 pub fn get_default_data_dir() -> String {
     // Windows: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Trin\data
     // macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Trin
-    // Unix-like: ~/.trin
+    // Unix-like: $HOME/.local/share/trin
 
     match ProjectDirs::from("", "", "Trin") {
         Some(proj_dirs) => proj_dirs.data_local_dir().to_str().unwrap().to_string(),