3 files changed, 79 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/assignment-list.py b/assignment-list.py
index 6953695..9897f9f 100755
--- a/assignment-list.py
+++ b/assignment-list.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import sys
 import time
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, QApplication, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QMainWindow, QMessageBox, QPushButton, QScrollArea, QToolBar, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QDate, QDateTime, Qt
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QDate, Qt
+from config import Config
 from add_group_form import addGroupForm
 from edit_group_form import editGroupForm
 from add_entry_form import addEntryForm
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class AssignmentList(QMainWindow):
         self.setWindowTitle("Assignment List")
         self.createMenu()
         self.createToolbar()
+        Config()
         self.setupDB()
         self.displayWidgets()
         self.show()
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557de0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""
+Handle reading of the config file, which on POSIX-compliant systems will be
+created in ~/.config/assignment-list-pyqt5/config.py
+"""
+
+import configparser
+import os
+import sys
+
+Globals = __import__("globals")
+
+class Config():
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.config_path = os.path.join(
+            os.path.expanduser("~"),
+            ".config",
+            "assignment-list-pyqt5",
+            "config")
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.config_path):
+            self.createConfig()
+
+        self.loadConfig()
+
+    def loadConfig(self):
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+
+        try:
+            config.read(self.config_path)
+        except:
+            print("Could not parse config file '{}'".format(self.config_path))
+        
+        if "paths" in config:
+            if config["paths"]["db_path"]:
+                Globals.db_path = config["paths"]["db_path"]
+
+    def createConfig(self):
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config["paths"] = {
+            "db_path": os.path.join(
+                os.path.expanduser("~"),
+                ".local",
+                "share",
+                "assignment-list-pyqt5",
+                "data.db"
+            )
+        }
+
+        # Attempt to create directory if necessary
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(self.config_path)):
+            try:
+                os.mkdir(os.path.dirname(self.config_path))
+            except:
+                print("Error: Could not create config directory '{}'".format(os.path.dirname(self.config_path)))
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Attempt to create file
+        try:
+            with open(self.config_path, 'w') as configfile:
+                config.write(configfile)
+        except:
+            print("Error: Could not open config file '{}'".format(self.config_path))
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        print("Successfully created config at {}".format(self.config_path))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    Config()
diff --git a/db_sqlite.py b/db_sqlite.py
index 60c8aa0..7fe2745 100644
--- a/db_sqlite.py
+++ b/db_sqlite.py
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ def createTables():
     database = QSqlDatabase.addDatabase("QSQLITE") # SQlite version 3
     database.setDatabaseName(Globals.db_path)
 
+    # Create database parent directory if necessary
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(Globals.db_path)):
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(os.path.dirname(Globals.db_path))
+        except:
+            print("Unable to open data source file.")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     if not database.open():
         print("Unable to open data source file.")
         sys.exit(1) # Error out. TODO consider throwing a dialog instead