g-user-runtime-dir ()

A string owned by GLib that must not be modified or freed

Returns a directory that is unique to the current user on the local system.

On UNIX platforms this is determined using the mechanisms described in the XDG Base Directory Specification. This is the directory specified in the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR environment variable. In the case that this variable is not set, GLib will issue a warning message to stderr and return the value of the function g-user-cache-dir.

On Windows this is the folder to use for local (as opposed to roaming) application data. See documentation for CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA. Note that on Windows it thus is the same as what the function g-user-config-dir returns.