TSINSTALLDIRGET(3ts)

💖 TSINSTALLDIRGET 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Apache Traffic Server manual, section 3ts — it's the TSInstallDirGet(3ts) one, and it's literally just about asking Traffic Server "hey where do you live?" 🏠✨ Four little functions, four little paths, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

TSInstallDirGet — return Traffic Server installation directories 🗂️💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ts/ts.h>

const char *TSInstallDirGet(void)

const char *TSConfigDirGet(void)

const char *TSPluginDirGet(void)

const char *TSRuntimeDirGet(void)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe. TSInstallDirGet() hands you back the path to the root of the Traffic Server installation — like, the whole entire thing, top to bottom. 👑

And then the other three are the glow-ups that give you the complete, absolute path to their specific little corners of the world:

• TSConfigDirGet() — the configuration directory 📝
• TSPluginDirGet() — the plugin installation directory 🔌
• TSRuntimeDirGet() — the runtime directory 🏃♀️

respectively, obviously. one for each. they ate. 💅

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

All four of these functions return a NUL-terminated string — and listen, this is the important part, bestie:

You must not modify it and you must not free it. 🚫 It's not yours, it's theirs. Hands off. 🙈

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Say you wanna load a file that lives in the Traffic Server configuration directory. Iconic. Here's how:

#include <ts/ts.h>
#include <stdio.h>

char * path;
asprintf(&path, "%s/example.conf", TSConfigDirGet());

see how TSConfigDirGet() just slots right in there with a %s? chef's kiss. 👩🍳💋

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• TSAPI(3ts) — go read that one too, iykyk 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

2026, dev@trafficserver.apache.org

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okay that's the whole page, you're so welcome 💜 and just so you know, this was version 9.2, dated Feb 12, 2026 — so yeah, freshly stamped, absolutely slaying, periodt. 🌟 bye bestie!! 🎀✨🦋