ToDo: long outstanding patch to allow access to system paths in background mode

Thanks Damien Plisson for contributing the Carbon and Cocoa implementation

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+/**
+ * $Id: $
+ *
+ * ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2009 Blender Foundation.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): Blender Foundation
+ *
+ * ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ */
+#ifndef _GHOST_ISYSTEMPATHS_H_
+#define _GHOST_ISYSTEMPATHS_H_
+
+#include "GHOST_Types.h"
+
+class GHOST_ISystemPaths
+{
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Creates the one and only system.
+	 * @return An indication of success.
+	 */
+	static GHOST_TSuccess create();
+
+	/**
+	 * Disposes the one and only system.
+	 * @return An indication of success.
+	 */
+	static GHOST_TSuccess dispose();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a pointer to the one and only system (nil if it hasn't been created).
+	 * @return A pointer to the system.
+	 */
+	static GHOST_ISystemPaths* get();
+
+protected:
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 * Protected default constructor to force use of static createSystem member.
+	 */
+	GHOST_ISystemPaths() {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Destructor.
+	 * Protected default constructor to force use of static dispose member.
+	 */
+	virtual ~GHOST_ISystemPaths() {}
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Determine the base dir in which shared resources are located. It will first try to use
+	 * "unpack and run" path, then look for properly installed path, not including versioning.
+	 * @return Unsigned char string pointing to system dir (eg /usr/share/blender/).
+	 */
+	virtual const GHOST_TUns8* getSystemDir() const = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine the base dir in which user configuration is stored, not including versioning.
+	 * If needed, it will create the base directory.
+	 * @return Unsigned char string pointing to user dir (eg ~/.blender/).
+	 */
+	virtual const GHOST_TUns8* getUserDir() const = 0;
+
+	/**
+	  * Determine the directory of the current binary
+	  * @return Unsigned char string pointing to the binary dir
+	  */
+	 virtual const GHOST_TUns8* getBinaryDir() const = 0;
+
+private:
+	/** The one and only system paths*/
+	static GHOST_ISystemPaths* m_systemPaths;
+};
+
+#endif