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[feisty_meow.git] / nucleus / library / configuration / application_configuration.cpp

diff --git a/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp b/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp
index 9502a3a8af715ffa6d9e9180c0a0342bdcace1bd..9f01391f8c61ebd1fdab010d5a0f7655c409941f 100644 (file)
--- a/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp
+++ b/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <basis/guards.h>
 #include <basis/mutex.h>
 #include <basis/utf_conversion.h>
+#include <filesystem/directory.h>
 #include <filesystem/filename.h>
 #include <mathematics/chaos.h>
 #include <structures/static_memory_gremlin.h>
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ astring application_configuration::get_cmdline_from_proc()
 // deprecated; better to use the /proc/pid/cmdline file.
 astring application_configuration::query_for_process_info()
 {
-//  FUNCDEF("query_for_process_info");
+  FUNCDEF("query_for_process_info");
   astring to_return = "unknown";
   // we ask the operating system about our process identifier and store
   // the results in a temporary file.
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ astring application_configuration::query_for_process_info()
 
 astring application_configuration::application_name()
 {
-//  FUNCDEF("application_name");
+  FUNCDEF("application_name");
   astring to_return;
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   char buffer[MAX_ABS_PATH] = { '\0' };
@@ -323,22 +324,21 @@ astring application_configuration::get_logging_directory()
   }
 
   // now we make sure the directory exists.
-  struct stat to_fill;
-  int stat_ret = stat(log_dir.observe(), &to_fill);
-  if (stat_ret || !(to_fill.st_mode & S_IFDIR) ) {
-    // if it's not anything yet or if it's not a directory, then we need
-    // to create it.
-//if it's something besides a directory... should it be deleted?
+  filename testing(log_dir);
+  if (!testing.exists()) {
+    bool okay = directory::recursive_create(log_dir);
+    if (!okay) {
+      LOG(astring("failed to create logging directory: ") + log_dir);
+      // return a directory almost guaranteed to exist; best we can do in this case.
 #ifdef __UNIX__
-    int mk_ret = mkdir(log_dir.s(), 0777);
+      return "/tmp";
 #endif
 #ifdef __WIN32__
-    int mk_ret = mkdir(log_dir.s());
+      return "c:/";
 #endif
-    if (mk_ret) return "";
-//can't have a log file if we can't make the directory successfully???
+    }
   }
-
+    
   return log_dir;
 }