refs #865, make log directory available for blackmisc

src/blackmisc/directoryutils.cpp

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
-
     QString applicationDirectoryPathImpl()
     {
         QString appDirectoryString(qApp->applicationDirPath());
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return appDir;
     }
 
+    const QString &CDirectoryUtils::getLogDirectory()
+    {
+        static const QString logPath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) +
+                                       "/org.swift-project/" +
+                                       CDirectoryUtils::normalizedApplicationDirectory() +
+                                       "/logs";
+        return logPath;
+    }
+
 } // ns
 
 //! \endcond

src/blackmisc/directoryutils.h

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #define BLACKMISC_DIRECTORYUTILS_H
 
 #include "blackmisc/blackmiscexport.h"
-
 #include <QString>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
@@ -32,8 +31,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! \note There is no trailing '/'.
         //! \warning The normalization rules are implementation specific and could change over time.
         static const QString &normalizedApplicationDirectory();
-    };
 
+        //! Directory for log files
+        //! \remark In BlackMisc so it can also be used from BlackMisc classes
+        static const QString &getLogDirectory();
+    };
 } // ns
 
 #endif // guard