commit 64fa15d571efe19d8de9d2a9e303f3c46c2a8559
Author: Charles Iliya Krempeaux <iamreiver@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 14 21:39:31 2023 -0700

    initial commits

diff --git a/rootdir.go b/rootdir.go
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+package maymoon
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+const (
+	publicRootDirName string = "public_root"
+	publicRootEnvName string = "PUBLIC_ROOT"
+)
+
+// RootDir returns the "root" directory.
+//
+// By default, where the "root" directory is depends which user it is running under.
+//
+// For example, on a Unix or Unix-like system such as Linux, with a user "joeblow" who has a home-directory at
+// "/home/joeblow", RootDir might return "/home/joeblow/public_root".
+//
+// This can be overridden using the "PUBLIC_ROOT" environment variable.
+// For example:
+//
+//	PUBLIC_ROOT=/path/to/public_root
+//
+// Example usage:
+//
+//	rootDir, err := maymoon.RootDir()
+//	if nil != err {
+//		return err
+//	}
+//	
+//	fmt.Printf("The maymoon root-dir is at %q \n", rootDir)
+func RootDir() (string, error) {
+
+	var path string
+
+	{
+		path = os.Getenv(publicRootEnvName)
+		if "" != path {
+/////////////////////// RETURN
+			return path, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	{
+		homedir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if nil != err {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("problem getting user home-directory: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		path := filepath.Join(homedir, publicRootDirName)
+		if "" != path {
+			return path, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", nil
+}