commit - 95b898ec29b08e1344a01d1d693dc0068fb166f2
commit + 38d37de2f174a9f5f7bc79467d34f4fbe7a91e8d
blob - 0ae73f956fd559ea9be022672967673a0edf858f
blob + f7ea58260efe31bcbef82617a7183340f25972da
--- src/cli.rs
+++ src/cli.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ impl Cli {
         };
         simple_logger::init_with_level(verbosity)?;
 
+        let data_dir = data_dir();
+        if !PathBuf::from(&data_dir).exists() {
+            debug!(
+                "No data directory exists, creating a new one: {:?}",
+                &data_dir
+            );
+            std::fs::create_dir(&data_dir)?;
+        }
+
         if File::open(&args.database_path).is_err() {
             debug!(
                 "No database file exists, creating a new one: {:?}",
@@ -68,18 +77,24 @@ impl Cli {
     }
 }
 
+fn project_dirs() -> directories::ProjectDirs {
+    directories::ProjectDirs::from("", "", "rss-email").unwrap()
+}
+
 /// Returns the base directory where all the configuration files are stored.
 fn config_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    directories::ProjectDirs::from("", "", "rss-email")
-        .unwrap()
-        .config_dir()
-        .to_path_buf()
+    project_dirs().config_dir().to_path_buf()
 }
 
+/// Returns the base directory where all the data files are stored.
+fn data_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    project_dirs().data_dir().to_path_buf()
+}
+
 /// Returns the path to the database.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 fn database_path() -> PathBuf {
-    config_dir().join("cache.db")
+    data_dir().join("cache.db")
 }
 
 /// Returns the path to the configuration file.