config: convert --cache-dir value to an absolute path

backend/cache/cache.go

@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ oldest chunks until it goes under this value.`,
 			}},
 		}, {
 			Name:     "db_path",
-			Default:  filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "cache-backend"),
+			Default:  filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "cache-backend"),
 			Help:     "Directory to store file structure metadata DB.\nThe remote name is used as the DB file name.",
 			Advanced: true,
 		}, {
 			Name:    "chunk_path",
-			Default: filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "cache-backend"),
+			Default: filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "cache-backend"),
 			Help: `Directory to cache chunk files.
 
 Path to where partial file data (chunks) are stored locally. The remote
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ func NewFs(ctx context.Context, name, rootPath string, m configmap.Mapper) (fs.F
 	dbPath := f.opt.DbPath
 	chunkPath := f.opt.ChunkPath
 	// if the dbPath is non default but the chunk path is default, we overwrite the last to follow the same one as dbPath
-	if dbPath != filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "cache-backend") &&
-		chunkPath == filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "cache-backend") {
+	if dbPath != filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "cache-backend") &&
+		chunkPath == filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "cache-backend") {
 		chunkPath = dbPath
 	}
 	if filepath.Ext(dbPath) != "" {

backend/cache/cache_internal_test.go

@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ func (r *run) newCacheFs(t *testing.T, remote, id string, needRemote, purge bool
 		}
 	}
 	runInstance.rootIsCrypt = rootIsCrypt
-	runInstance.dbPath = filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "cache-backend", cacheRemote+".db")
-	runInstance.chunkPath = filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "cache-backend", cacheRemote)
-	runInstance.vfsCachePath = filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "vfs", remote)
+	runInstance.dbPath = filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "cache-backend", cacheRemote+".db")
+	runInstance.chunkPath = filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "cache-backend", cacheRemote)
+	runInstance.vfsCachePath = filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "vfs", remote)
 	boltDb, err := cache.GetPersistent(runInstance.dbPath, runInstance.chunkPath, &cache.Features{PurgeDb: true})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 

cmd/config/config.go

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var configPathsCommand = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		cmd.CheckArgs(0, 0, command, args)
 		fmt.Printf("Config file: %s\n", config.GetConfigPath())
-		fmt.Printf("Cache dir:   %s\n", config.CacheDir)
+		fmt.Printf("Cache dir:   %s\n", config.GetCacheDir())
 		fmt.Printf("Temp dir:    %s\n", os.TempDir())
 	},
 }

cmd/serve/docker/docker_test.go

@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ func assertVolumeInfo(t *testing.T, v *docker.VolInfo, name, path string) {
 
 func TestDockerPluginLogic(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	oldCacheDir := config.CacheDir
+	oldCacheDir := config.GetCacheDir()
 	testDir, testFs := initialise(ctx, t)
-	config.CacheDir = testDir
+	err := config.SetCacheDir(testDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() {
-		config.CacheDir = oldCacheDir
+		_ = config.SetCacheDir(oldCacheDir)
 		if !t.Failed() {
 			fstest.Purge(testFs)
 			_ = os.RemoveAll(testDir)
@@ -304,11 +305,12 @@ func testMountAPI(t *testing.T, sockAddr string) {
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	oldCacheDir := config.CacheDir
+	oldCacheDir := config.GetCacheDir()
 	testDir, testFs := initialise(ctx, t)
-	config.CacheDir = testDir
+	err := config.SetCacheDir(testDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() {
-		config.CacheDir = oldCacheDir
+		_ = config.SetCacheDir(oldCacheDir)
 		if !t.Failed() {
 			fstest.Purge(testFs)
 			_ = os.RemoveAll(testDir)

cmd/serve/docker/driver.go

@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ type Driver struct {
 // NewDriver makes a new docker driver
 func NewDriver(ctx context.Context, root string, mntOpt *mountlib.Options, vfsOpt *vfscommon.Options, dummy, forgetState bool) (*Driver, error) {
 	// setup directories
-	cacheDir, err := filepath.Abs(config.CacheDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to make --cache-dir absolute")
-	}
-	err = file.MkdirAll(cacheDir, 0700)
+	cacheDir := config.GetCacheDir()
+	err := file.MkdirAll(cacheDir, 0700)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create cache directory: %s", cacheDir)
 	}

cmd/serve/sftp/server.go

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (s *server) serve() (err error) {
 
 	// Load the private key, from the cache if not explicitly configured
 	keyPaths := s.opt.HostKeys
-	cachePath := filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "serve-sftp")
+	cachePath := filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "serve-sftp")
 	if len(keyPaths) == 0 {
 		keyPaths = []string{
 			filepath.Join(cachePath, "id_rsa"),

fs/config/config.go

@@ -102,17 +102,13 @@ type Storage interface {
 
 // Global
 var (
-	// CacheDir points to the cache directory.  Users of this
-	// should make a subdirectory and use MkdirAll() to create it
-	// and any parents.
-	CacheDir = makeCacheDir()
-
 	// Password can be used to configure the random password generator
 	Password = random.Password
 )
 
 var (
 	configPath string
+	cacheDir   string
 	data       Storage
 	dataLoaded bool
 )
@@ -122,6 +118,7 @@ func init() {
 	fs.ConfigFileGet = FileGetFlag
 	fs.ConfigFileSet = SetValueAndSave
 	configPath = makeConfigPath()
+	cacheDir = makeCacheDir() // Has fallback to tempDir, so set that first
 	data = newDefaultStorage()
 }
 
@@ -713,6 +710,21 @@ func makeCacheDir() (dir string) {
 	return filepath.Join(dir, "rclone")
 }
 
+// GetCacheDir returns the default directory for cache
+//
+// The directory is neither guaranteed to exist nor have accessible permissions.
+// Users of this should make a subdirectory and use MkdirAll() to create it
+// and any parents.
+func GetCacheDir() string {
+	return cacheDir
+}
+
+// SetCacheDir sets new default directory for cache
+func SetCacheDir(path string) (err error) {
+	cacheDir, err = filepath.Abs(path)
+	return
+}
+
 // SetTempDir sets new default directory to use for temporary files.
 //
 // Assuming golang's os.TempDir is used to get the directory:

fs/config/configflags/configflags.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var (
 	verbose         int
 	quiet           bool
 	configPath      string
+	cacheDir        string
 	tempDir         string
 	dumpHeaders     bool
 	dumpBodies      bool
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func AddFlags(ci *fs.ConfigInfo, flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.IntVarP(flagSet, &ci.Checkers, "checkers", "", ci.Checkers, "Number of checkers to run in parallel.")
 	flags.IntVarP(flagSet, &ci.Transfers, "transfers", "", ci.Transfers, "Number of file transfers to run in parallel.")
 	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &configPath, "config", "", config.GetConfigPath(), "Config file.")
-	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &config.CacheDir, "cache-dir", "", config.CacheDir, "Directory rclone will use for caching.")
+	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &cacheDir, "cache-dir", "", config.GetCacheDir(), "Directory rclone will use for caching.")
 	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &tempDir, "temp-dir", "", os.TempDir(), "Directory rclone will use for temporary files.")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.CheckSum, "checksum", "c", ci.CheckSum, "Skip based on checksum (if available) & size, not mod-time & size")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.SizeOnly, "size-only", "", ci.SizeOnly, "Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum")
@@ -281,6 +282,11 @@ func SetFlags(ci *fs.ConfigInfo) {
 		log.Fatalf("--config: Failed to set %q as config path: %v", configPath, err)
 	}
 
+	// Set path to cache dir
+	if err := config.SetCacheDir(cacheDir); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("--cache-dir: Failed to set %q as cache dir: %v", cacheDir, err)
+	}
+
 	// Set path to temp dir
 	if err := config.SetTempDir(tempDir); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("--temp-dir: Failed to set %q as temp dir: %v", tempDir, err)

fs/rc/rcserver/rcserver.go

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func newServer(ctx context.Context, opt *rc.Options, mux *http.ServeMux) *Server
 	_ = mime.AddExtensionType(".wasm", "application/wasm")
 	_ = mime.AddExtensionType(".js", "application/javascript")
 
-	cachePath := filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "webgui")
+	cachePath := filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "webgui")
 	extractPath := filepath.Join(cachePath, "current/build")
 	// File handling
 	if opt.Files != "" {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func newServer(ctx context.Context, opt *rc.Options, mux *http.ServeMux) *Server
 		fs.Logf(nil, "Serving files from %q", opt.Files)
 		fileHandler = http.FileServer(http.Dir(opt.Files))
 	} else if opt.WebUI {
-		if err := webgui.CheckAndDownloadWebGUIRelease(opt.WebGUIUpdate, opt.WebGUIForceUpdate, opt.WebGUIFetchURL, config.CacheDir); err != nil {
+		if err := webgui.CheckAndDownloadWebGUIRelease(opt.WebGUIUpdate, opt.WebGUIForceUpdate, opt.WebGUIFetchURL, config.GetCacheDir()); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Error while fetching the latest release of Web GUI: %v", err)
 		}
 		if opt.NoAuth {

fs/rc/webgui/plugins.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func initPluginsOrError() error {
 	initMutex.Lock()
 	defer initMutex.Unlock()
 	if !initSuccess {
-		cachePath = filepath.Join(config.CacheDir, "webgui")
+		cachePath = filepath.Join(config.GetCacheDir(), "webgui")
 		PluginsPath = filepath.Join(cachePath, "plugins")
 		pluginsConfigPath = filepath.Join(PluginsPath, "config")
 		loadedPlugins = newPlugins(availablePluginsJSONPath)

vfs/vfscache/cache.go

@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, fremote fs.Fs, opt *vfscommon.Options, avFn AddVir
 	// Care must be taken when creating OS paths so that the ':' separator following a
 	// drive letter is not encoded (e.g. into unicode fullwidth colon).
 	var err error
-	parentOSPath := config.CacheDir // Assuming string contains a local path in OS encoding
-	if parentOSPath, err = filepath.Abs(parentOSPath); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to make --cache-dir absolute")
-	}
+	parentOSPath := config.GetCacheDir() // Assuming string contains a local absolute path in OS encoding
 	fs.Debugf(nil, "vfs cache: root is %q", parentOSPath)
 	parentPath := fromOSPath(parentOSPath)