From 1460205d8be5271a1e9d7abc5b24fb5157b4a9ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <neil@dip.sun.ac.za>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 22:36:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add more save file helpers

---
 tabakrolletjie/utils.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tabakrolletjie/utils.py b/tabakrolletjie/utils.py
index 6be4469..6f9e133 100644
--- a/tabakrolletjie/utils.py
+++ b/tabakrolletjie/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import functools
 import time
 import pygame.surface
 import pygame.locals as pgl
+import os
+import sys
 
 from .constants import DEBUG
 from .loader import loader
@@ -69,3 +71,24 @@ def shadowed_text(text, font_name, size, offset=4):
     base.blit(background, (offset, offset), None)
     base.blit(foreground, (0, 0), None)
     return base
+
+
+def save_location():
+    """Return the directory for the save location."""
+    app = "tabakrolletjie"
+    if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+        if 'APPDATA' in os.environ:
+            return os.path.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], app)
+        return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.' + app)
+    elif 'XDG_DATA_HOME' in os.environ:
+        return os.path.join(os.environ['XDG_DATA_HOME'], app)
+    return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.local', 'share', app)
+
+
+def get_save_file_name():
+    return os.path.join(save_location(), 'savegame.json')
+
+
+def save_file_exists():
+    savefile = get_save_file_name()
+    return os.path.isfile(savefile)
-- 
2.34.1