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# `dirs-sys`
System-level helper functions for the [`dirs`](https://github.com/dirs-dev/dirs-rs)
and [`directories`](https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-rs) crates.
_Do not use this library directly, use [`dirs`](https://github.com/dirs-dev/dirs-rs)
or [`directories`](https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-rs)._
## Compatibility
This crate only exists to facilitate code sharing between [`dirs`](https://github.com/dirs-dev/dirs-rs)
and [`directories`](https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-rs).
There are no compatibility guarantees whatsoever.
Functions may change or disappear without warning or any kind of deprecation period.
## Platforms
This library is written in Rust, and supports Linux, Redox, macOS and Windows.
Other platforms are also supported; they use the Linux conventions.
## Build
It's possible to cross-compile this library if the necessary toolchains are installed with rustup.
This is helpful to ensure a change has not broken compilation on a different platform.
The following commands will build this library on Linux, macOS and Windows:
```
cargo build --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
cargo build --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
cargo build --target=x86_64-apple-darwin
cargo build --target=x86_64-unknown-redox
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0
([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license
([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.