Updates to CURL and WGET

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 node_modules/
+# Legacy repo-root Corestore; default host data is ~/.bare-os/corestore/
 data/
 coverage/
 .DS_Store

DOCUMENTATION.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # bare-operating-system — full codebase reference
 
-This document describes **every first-party file** in the repository: purpose, contents, dependencies, and how pieces connect. It does **not** enumerate third-party code under `node_modules/` or VCS metadata under `.git/`. Runtime directories `data/` and `packages/*/.test-data/` are **gitignored** and hold Corestore/RocksDB state when you run the apps or tests; they are not source files.
+This document describes **every first-party file** in the repository: purpose, contents, dependencies, and how pieces connect. It does **not** enumerate third-party code under `node_modules/` or VCS metadata under `.git/`. **Host** Corestore defaults live under **`~/.bare-os/corestore/`** (seeder and booter). Legacy **`data/`** at the repo root and **`packages/*/.test-data/`** remain **gitignored** if present; brittle tests use `.test-data/` under the booter package. None of these are source files.
 
 For a **narrative how-to** on writing `async function run(ctx, argv)` and `start(ctx)` scripts, extending `/bin`, and separating host Pear code from in-image `AsyncFunction` execution, see [developer-guide/README.md](developer-guide/README.md).
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ No runtime dependencies at the root; all stack deps live in workspace packages.
 
 ## 4. Root: [README.md](README.md)
 
-User-oriented documentation: project goal, layout table, prerequisites (Node 20+, Pear/Bare), `npm ci`, `npm test`, how to run seeder and booter with `node index.js`, environment variables, Corestore path semantics (repo-root `data/`), placeholder `pear://` table, protocol summary (`bare-os-v1`, MBR layout), license pointer.
+User-oriented documentation: project goal, layout table, prerequisites (Node 20+, Pear/Bare), `npm ci`, `npm test`, how to run seeder and booter with `node index.js`, environment variables, Corestore path semantics (`~/.bare-os` defaults), placeholder `pear://` table, protocol summary (`bare-os-v1`, MBR layout), license pointer.
 
 Narrative handbook (architecture diagrams, chapter walkthrough): [handbook/README.md](handbook/README.md). Per-workspace overviews: [packages/bare-os-protocol/README.md](packages/bare-os-protocol/README.md), [packages/bare-os-coreutils/README.md](packages/bare-os-coreutils/README.md), [packages/bare-os-seeder/README.md](packages/bare-os-seeder/README.md), [packages/bare-os-booter/README.md](packages/bare-os-booter/README.md), [kernel/README.md](kernel/README.md), [scripts/README.md](scripts/README.md).
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Short Apache License, Version 2.0 header: copyright year 2026, standard AS-IS di
 Ignores:
 
 - `node_modules/`
-- `data/` (Corestore for seeder/booter at repo root)
+- `data/` (legacy; optional local Corestore if you still keep trees here — defaults now use `~/.bare-os`)
 - `coverage/`
 - `.DS_Store`
 - `*.log`
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Pear-safe path resolution (same idea as Holepunch [pear-rti](https://github.com/
 
 - **`packageRootDir(metaUrl)`** — If `import.meta.url` is `file:`, `path.dirname(fileURLToPath(...))` via **`node:url`** (so `file:` is only passed to `fileURLToPath`). If `pear:` / other, `global.Pear.constructor.RTI.mount`, else `Pear.config.swapDir`, else `process.cwd()`.
 - **`defaultKernelRoot(pkgRoot, metaUrl)`** — `BARE_OS_KERNEL_ROOT` or `path.join(pkgRoot, 'kernel')` (vendored copy under the seeder package for Pear bundles).
-- **`defaultSeedCorestorePath(pkgRoot, metaUrl)`** — `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE` or `../../data` from `pkgRoot` when `file:`, else `pkgRoot/data` for Pear checkout.
+- **`defaultSeedCorestorePath(pkgRoot, metaUrl)`** — `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE` or `path.join(hostDataRoot(), 'corestore', 'seeder')` where **`hostDataRoot()`** is `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA` (resolved) or `~/.bare-os`. Signature keeps `pkgRoot` / `metaUrl` for callers; defaults do not use them.
 
 ### 11.3 [packages/bare-os-seeder/index.js](packages/bare-os-seeder/index.js)
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Pear-safe path resolution (same idea as Holepunch [pear-rti](https://github.com/
 ### 12.2 [packages/bare-os-booter/lib/paths.js](packages/bare-os-booter/lib/paths.js)
 
 - **`packageRootDir(metaUrl)`** — Same as seeder (Pear RTI / `swapDir` / `cwd`).
-- **`defaultBootCorestorePath`** / **`defaultLocalSeedCorestorePath`** — `../../data` when `file:`, else `pkgRoot/data`.
+- **`defaultBootCorestorePath`** / **`defaultLocalSeedCorestorePath`** — `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE` / `BARE_OS_LOCAL_SEED`, or under **`hostDataRoot()`** (`BARE_OS_HOST_DATA` or `~/.bare-os`): `corestore/booter` and `corestore/seeder` respectively. Same signature stability as the seeder helper.
 
 ### 12.3 [packages/bare-os-booter/index.js](packages/bare-os-booter/index.js)
 
@@ -492,8 +492,9 @@ sequenceDiagram
 | Variable                  | Used by    | Meaning                                                                                        |
 | ------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `BARE_OS_KERNEL_ROOT`     | Seeder     | Absolute path to kernel tree (default: `repo/kernel`)                                          |
-| `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE`      | Seeder     | Corestore directory (default: `repo/data/corestore-seeder`)                                    |
+| `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA`       | paths      | Base directory for host state (default `~/.bare-os`; Corestore dirs live under `corestore/`)   |
-| `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE`      | Booter     | Corestore for boot side (default: `repo/data/corestore-booter`)                                |
+| `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE`      | Seeder     | Corestore directory (default: `~/.bare-os/corestore/seeder`)                                   |
+| `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE`      | Booter     | Corestore for boot side (default: `~/.bare-os/corestore/booter`)                               |
 | `BARE_OS_BOOT_TIMEOUT_MS` | Booter     | Wall-clock budget for peer wait + network boot (default `60000`)                               |
 | `BARE_OS_NO_SPLASH`       | Booter     | If `1`, skip TTY splash (plain logs / non-TTY behavior unchanged)                              |
 | `BARE_OS_LOCAL_SEED`      | paths      | Overrides local seed path helper (`defaultLocalSeedCorestorePath`); booter does not local-boot |
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ Reference: Open Group POSIX.1-2017 utilities index; GNU coreutils (external) for
 
 - **No** `node_modules` documentation (upstream packages).
 - **No** line-by-line `package-lock.json` (machine-generated).
-- **No** committed `data/` or `.test-data/` binary stores (runtime artifacts).
+- **No** committed host Corestore trees, legacy `data/`, or `.test-data/` binary stores (runtime artifacts).
 
 ---
 

README.md

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Runs workspace tests (`brittle-node` / `brittle-bare` where configured).
 
    Optional:
    - `BARE_OS_KERNEL_ROOT` — absolute path to a kernel tree (defaults to repo `kernel/`).
-   - `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE` — Corestore directory (default `./data/corestore-seeder`).
+   - `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA` — base directory for host state (default `~/.bare-os`).
+   - `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE` — Corestore directory (default `~/.bare-os/corestore/seeder`).
 
 2. **Booter** (another terminal):
 
@@ -64,11 +65,15 @@ Runs workspace tests (`brittle-node` / `brittle-bare` where configured).
    ```
 
    Optional:
+   - `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA` — base directory for host state (default `~/.bare-os`).
+   - `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE` — Corestore directory (default `~/.bare-os/corestore/booter`).
    - `BARE_OS_BOOT_TIMEOUT_MS` — max ms for peer discovery + loading the kernel from the network (default `60000`). The booter does not fall back to a local seed; run the seeder on the same topic.
    - `BARE_OS_NO_SPLASH=1` — disable the TTY boot splash.
    - `BARE_OS_SKIP_REPL=1` — non-interactive kernel (CI / automation).
 
-Corestore defaults (repo root, not temp dirs): `data/corestore-seeder` and `data/corestore-booter` (gitignored). Paths resolve from the monorepo root so you can run `node index.js` from either app package.
+Host Corestore defaults live under **`~/.bare-os/corestore/`** (`seeder` and `booter`), not in the repo. Override the base with `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA`, or set `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE` / `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE` for individual stores.
+
+If you previously used gitignored **`data/`** at the repo root, move or copy `data/corestore-seeder` → `~/.bare-os/corestore/seeder` and `data/corestore-booter` → `~/.bare-os/corestore/booter`, or point the env vars at the old paths.
 
 ## Guest session and identity
 

handbook/07-operations-and-development.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This chapter is the **operator’s desk**: how to install, test, run Pear apps,
 | `packages/bare-os-seeder`    | Publish OS drive                            |
 | `packages/bare-os-booter`    | Network boot + runtime                      |
 | `scripts/`                   | Pear `node_modules` fixer, etc.             |
-| `data/`                      | Gitignored Corestore dirs (default for dev) |
+| `data/`                      | Gitignored legacy Corestore dir (optional; defaults use `~/.bare-os`) |
 
 Each workspace has its own **`README.md`** with package-specific commands.
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ From **`packages/bare-os-booter`**:
 node index.js
 ```
 
-Corestore paths resolve under repo **`data/`** when using `file:` URLs (see each package’s `lib/paths.js`).
+Default Corestore paths are **`~/.bare-os/corestore/seeder`** and **`~/.bare-os/corestore/booter`** (override base with **`BARE_OS_HOST_DATA`**, or set **`BARE_OS_SEED_STORE`** / **`BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE`**). See each package’s `lib/paths.js`.
 
 ---
 
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ These run **`scripts/ensure-pear-node-modules.mjs`** first. **Do not** run `pear
 | Variable                  | Component     | Meaning                          |
 | ------------------------- | ------------- | -------------------------------- |
 | `BARE_OS_KERNEL_ROOT`     | Seeder        | Override kernel tree path        |
+| `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA`       | paths         | Host state base (default `~/.bare-os`) |
 | `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE`      | Seeder        | Corestore directory              |
+| `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE`      | Booter        | Booter Corestore directory       |
 | `BARE_OS_BOOT_TIMEOUT_MS` | Booter        | Boot deadline (default 60000)    |
 | `BARE_OS_NO_SPLASH`       | Booter        | Disable TTY splash               |
 | `BARE_OS_SKIP_REPL`       | Booter        | Non-interactive kernel           |

packages/bare-os-booter/README.md

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ node index.js
 
 | Variable                  | Meaning                                                       |
 | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA`       | Base directory for host state (default `~/.bare-os`)          |
+| `BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE`      | Corestore directory (default `~/.bare-os/corestore/booter`)   |
+| `BARE_OS_LOCAL_SEED`      | Overrides `defaultLocalSeedCorestorePath` (booter does not local-boot) |
 | `BARE_OS_BOOT_TIMEOUT_MS` | Total time to find peers + load kernel (default `60000`)      |
 | `BARE_OS_NO_SPLASH`       | Disable TTY splash                                            |
 | `BARE_OS_SKIP_REPL`       | Non-interactive kernel (`readLine` → null)                    |

packages/bare-os-booter/lib/curl-cli.js

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
  * @see https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html for flag inspiration; behavior is a subset.
  */
 
+import b4a from 'b4a'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_CURL_USER_AGENT,
+  isSupportedFetchUrl,
+  normalizeFetchUrl
+} from './http-fetch-url.js'
+
 /** @type {boolean} */
 let bareFetchTried = false
 
@@ -37,14 +44,6 @@ function basicAuthHeader(user, pass) {
   throw new Error('curl: cannot encode Basic auth (no btoa/Buffer)')
 }
 
-function looksLikeUrl(s) {
-  return (
-    /^https?:\/\//i.test(s) ||
-    s.startsWith('data:') ||
-    s.startsWith('file://')
-  )
-}
-
 function usage() {
   return (
     'usage: curl [options] URL...\n' +
@@ -52,8 +51,26 @@ function usage() {
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Split -H line into headers[] or record User-Agent for argv-order precedence with -A.
+ * @param {string} line
+ * @param {string[]} headers
+ * @param {string[]} userAgentSequence
+ * @returns {boolean} false if malformed
+ */
+function pushCurlHeaderLine(line, headers, userAgentSequence) {
+  const colon = line.indexOf(':')
+  if (colon < 1) return false
+  const name = line.slice(0, colon).trim()
+  const value = line.slice(colon + 1).trim()
+  if (name.toLowerCase() === 'user-agent') userAgentSequence.push(value)
+  else headers.push(line)
+  return true
+}
+
 function utf8Encode(str) {
-  return new TextEncoder().encode(str)
+  // Bare may not define TextEncoder; b4a works on Node and Bare.
+  return b4a.from(String(str), 'utf8')
 }
 
 /** @param {(string | Uint8Array)[]} parts */
@@ -80,6 +97,47 @@ function expandWriteOut(fmt, vars) {
   })
 }
 
+const CURL_MAX_REDIRECTS = 50
+
+/**
+ * curl -I -L: send HEAD first; after any 3xx, follow with GET (curl man: "GET is used after redirect").
+ * Using fetch(HEAD, redirect:'follow') keeps HEAD on each hop and breaks many CDNs; manual hops match curl.
+ */
+async function fetchHeadWithLocationFollow(fetchFn, startUrl, hdr, signal) {
+  let url = startUrl
+  let method = 'HEAD'
+  for (let hop = 0; hop < CURL_MAX_REDIRECTS; hop++) {
+    const res = await fetchFn(url, {
+      method,
+      headers: hdr,
+      redirect: 'manual',
+      signal,
+      body: undefined
+    })
+    if (res.status >= 300 && res.status < 400) {
+      const loc = res.headers.get('Location')
+      if (!loc) return res
+      let nextUrl
+      try {
+        nextUrl = new URL(loc, url).href
+      } catch {
+        return res
+      }
+      method = 'GET'
+      try {
+        if (res.body && typeof res.body.cancel === 'function')
+          await res.body.cancel()
+      } catch {
+        /* ignore */
+      }
+      url = nextUrl
+      continue
+    }
+    return res
+  }
+  return new Response('', { status: 310, statusText: 'Too many redirects' })
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {Record<string, unknown>} ctx
  * @param {string[]} argv
@@ -90,6 +148,8 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
 
   let method = ''
   const headers = []
+  /** @type {string[]} -H User-Agent and -A/--user-agent in argv order; last wins */
+  const userAgentSequence = []
   /** @type {string[]} */
   const dataChunks = []
   let dataBinary = false
@@ -112,15 +172,23 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
   /** @type {string | null} */
   let uploadPath = null
 
+  /** @type {string[]} */
+  const urls = []
+
   let i = 0
   while (i < args.length) {
     const a = args[i]
     if (a === '--') {
       i++
+      while (i < args.length) {
+        urls.push(normalizeFetchUrl(String(args[i++])))
+      }
       break
     }
     if (!a.startsWith('-') || a === '-') {
-      break
+      urls.push(normalizeFetchUrl(String(a)))
+      i++
+      continue
     }
 
     if (a === '-h' || a === '--help') {
@@ -154,12 +222,43 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      headers.push(String(args[++i]))
+      const line = String(args[++i])
+      if (!pushCurlHeaderLine(line, headers, userAgentSequence)) {
+        ctx.console.error('curl: malformed header: ' + line)
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return
+      }
       i++
       continue
     }
     if (a.startsWith('-H') && a.length > 2) {
-      headers.push(a.slice(2))
+      const line = a.slice(2)
+      if (!pushCurlHeaderLine(line, headers, userAgentSequence)) {
+        ctx.console.error('curl: malformed header: ' + line)
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return
+      }
+      i++
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (a === '-A' || a === '--user-agent') {
+      if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
+        ctx.console.error('curl: option requires an argument: ' + a)
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return
+      }
+      userAgentSequence.push(String(args[++i]))
+      i++
+      continue
+    }
+    if (a.startsWith('--user-agent=')) {
+      userAgentSequence.push(a.slice('--user-agent='.length))
+      i++
+      continue
+    }
+    if (a.startsWith('-A') && a.length > 2) {
+      userAgentSequence.push(a.slice(2))
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -340,11 +439,6 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
     i++
   }
 
-  const urls = []
-  while (i < args.length) {
-    urls.push(String(args[i++]))
-  }
-
   if (urls.length === 0) {
     ctx.console.error(usage())
     ctx.exitCode = 2
@@ -352,7 +446,7 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
   }
 
   for (const u of urls) {
-    if (!looksLikeUrl(u)) {
+    if (!isSupportedFetchUrl(u)) {
       ctx.console.error(
         'curl: URL rejected (need http(s)://, data:, or file://): ' + u
       )
@@ -401,12 +495,17 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
     const pass = colon >= 0 ? userColonPass.slice(colon + 1) : ''
     hdr.set('Authorization', basicAuthHeader(user, pass))
   }
+  {
+    const ua = userAgentSequence.length
+      ? userAgentSequence[userAgentSequence.length - 1]
+      : DEFAULT_CURL_USER_AGENT
+    hdr.set('User-Agent', ua)
+  }
 
   /** @type {string | Uint8Array | undefined} */
   let body = undefined
   if (jsonBody) {
-    if (!hdr.has('Content-Type'))
+    if (!hdr.has('Content-Type')) hdr.set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
-      hdr.set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
     body = jsonBody
   } else if (dataChunks.length > 0) {
     const joined = dataChunks.join('&')
@@ -422,7 +521,8 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
       return
     }
     body = new Uint8Array(buf)
-    if (!hdr.has('Content-Type')) hdr.set('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
+    if (!hdr.has('Content-Type'))
+      hdr.set('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
   }
 
   let lastSize = 0
@@ -430,7 +530,8 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
 
   for (let ui = 0; ui < urls.length; ui++) {
     const url = urls[ui]
-    const outForUrl = urls.length > 1 && outputPath ? `${outputPath}.${ui}` : outputPath
+    const outForUrl =
+      urls.length > 1 && outputPath ? `${outputPath}.${ui}` : outputPath
 
     const ac = maxTimeMs > 0 ? new AbortController() : null
     const t =
@@ -446,6 +547,14 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
 
     let res
     try {
+      if (headOnly && location) {
+        res = await fetchHeadWithLocationFollow(
+          fetchFn,
+          url,
+          hdr,
+          ac ? ac.signal : undefined
+        )
+      } else {
         res = await fetchFn(url, {
           method: m,
           headers: hdr,
@@ -453,6 +562,7 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
           redirect: location ? 'follow' : 'manual',
           signal: ac ? ac.signal : undefined
         })
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       if (t) clearTimeout(t)
       const msg = e && e.message ? e.message : String(e)
@@ -466,7 +576,7 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
 
     if (!location && res.status >= 300 && res.status < 400) {
       const loc = res.headers.get('Location')
-      if (loc && m === 'GET') {
+      if (loc && (m === 'GET' || m === 'HEAD')) {
         if (!silent || showError)
           ctx.console.error(
             'curl: redirect not followed (use -L): ' + res.status + ' -> ' + loc
@@ -494,8 +604,7 @@ export async function runCurlCli(ctx, argv) {
 
     const chunks = []
     if (m === 'HEAD' || (includeHeaders && m !== 'HEAD')) {
-      const statusLine =
+      const statusLine = 'HTTP/1.1 ' + res.status + ' ' + (res.statusText || '')
-        'HTTP/1.1 ' + res.status + ' ' + (res.statusText || '')
       chunks.push(statusLine + '\r\n')
       res.headers.forEach((v, k) => {
         chunks.push(k + ': ' + v + '\r\n')

packages/bare-os-booter/lib/http-fetch-url.js

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * URL normalization for fetch-based curl/wget subsets (scheme guessing like CLI tools).
+ */
+
+/** curl-style default (see https://everything.curl.dev/http/modify/user-agent.html); not a real libcurl build version. */
+export const DEFAULT_CURL_USER_AGENT = 'curl/8.14.1'
+
+/** GNU wget-style default (many builds use Wget/VERSION (linux-gnu)). */
+export const DEFAULT_WGET_USER_AGENT = 'Wget/1.25.0 (linux-gnu)'
+
+/** True if the string is usable by our fetch stack without guessing a scheme. */
+export function isSupportedFetchUrl(s) {
+  return (
+    /^https?:\/\//i.test(s) || s.startsWith('data:') || s.startsWith('file://')
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * If there is no http(s)/data/file scheme, prepend http:// for host-like URLs (wget default).
+ * Protocol-relative //host → https://host. Leaves other schemes (ftp:, mailto:, …) unchanged.
+ * Does not rewrite `-`, ./ ../, or absolute /paths (not treated as remote URLs).
+ */
+export function normalizeFetchUrl(s) {
+  const t = String(s)
+  if (isSupportedFetchUrl(t)) return t
+  if (t.startsWith('//')) return 'https:' + t
+  if (/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.-]*:/.test(t)) return t
+  if (t === '-') return t
+  if (t.startsWith('/') || t.startsWith('./') || t.startsWith('../')) return t
+  return 'http://' + t
+}

packages/bare-os-booter/lib/paths.js

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ function env(name) {
   return globalThis.process?.env?.[name]
 }
 
+/** Host-side state root (Corestore, etc.): `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA` or `~/.bare-os`. */
+function hostDataRoot() {
+  const override = env('BARE_OS_HOST_DATA')
+  if (override) return path.resolve(override)
+  return path.join(os.homedir(), '.bare-os')
+}
+
 /** Booter has no `kernel/`; use `package.json` to detect the staged app root. */
 function stagedAppRootHeuristic(root) {
   try {
@@ -47,19 +54,11 @@ export function packageRootDir(metaUrl) {
 export function defaultBootCorestorePath(pkgRoot, metaUrl) {
   const override = env('BARE_OS_BOOT_STORE')
   if (override) return override
-  const href = String(metaUrl)
+  return path.join(hostDataRoot(), 'corestore', 'booter')
-  const dataRoot = href.startsWith('file:')
-    ? path.join(pkgRoot, '..', '..', 'data')
-    : path.join(pkgRoot, 'data')
-  return path.join(dataRoot, 'corestore-booter')
 }
 
 export function defaultLocalSeedCorestorePath(pkgRoot, metaUrl) {
   const override = env('BARE_OS_LOCAL_SEED')
   if (override) return override
-  const href = String(metaUrl)
+  return path.join(hostDataRoot(), 'corestore', 'seeder')
-  const dataRoot = href.startsWith('file:')
-    ? path.join(pkgRoot, '..', '..', 'data')
-    : path.join(pkgRoot, 'data')
-  return path.join(dataRoot, 'corestore-seeder')
 }

packages/bare-os-booter/lib/wget-cli.js

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
  */
 
 import path from 'path'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_WGET_USER_AGENT,
+  isSupportedFetchUrl,
+  normalizeFetchUrl
+} from './http-fetch-url.js'
 
 /** @type {boolean} */
 let bareFetchTried = false
@@ -31,14 +36,6 @@ async function ensureBareFetchForWget() {
   }
 }
 
-function looksLikeUrl(s) {
-  return (
-    /^https?:\/\//i.test(s) ||
-    s.startsWith('data:') ||
-    s.startsWith('file://')
-  )
-}
-
 function defaultLocalName(urlString) {
   try {
     const u = new URL(urlString)
@@ -59,6 +56,104 @@ function usage() {
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * One argv token of short options: -qO-, -T30, -O file (via -O then next arg).
+ * @returns {number} next index into args, or -1 on error, -2 on help/version done
+ */
+function wgetConsumeShortCluster(a, args, i, st, ctx) {
+  let j = 1
+  while (j < a.length) {
+    const c = a[j]
+    if (c === 'q') {
+      st.quiet = true
+      j++
+      continue
+    }
+    if (c === 'h') {
+      ctx.console.log(usage())
+      ctx.exitCode = 0
+      return -2
+    }
+    if (c === 'V') {
+      ctx.console.log('wget (Bare OS fetch subset) 0.1 — not GNU wget2')
+      ctx.exitCode = 0
+      return -2
+    }
+    if (c === 'O') {
+      const tail = a.slice(j + 1)
+      if (tail !== '') {
+        st.outputDocument = tail
+        return i + 1
+      }
+      if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
+        ctx.console.error('wget: option requires an argument: -O')
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return -1
+      }
+      st.outputDocument = String(args[i + 1])
+      return i + 2
+    }
+    if (c === 'P') {
+      const tail = a.slice(j + 1)
+      if (tail !== '') {
+        st.directoryPrefix = tail
+        return i + 1
+      }
+      if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
+        ctx.console.error('wget: option requires an argument: -P')
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return -1
+      }
+      st.directoryPrefix = String(args[i + 1])
+      return i + 2
+    }
+    if (c === 'U') {
+      const tail = a.slice(j + 1)
+      if (tail !== '') {
+        st.userAgent = tail
+        return i + 1
+      }
+      if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
+        ctx.console.error('wget: option requires an argument: -U')
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return -1
+      }
+      st.userAgent = String(args[i + 1])
+      return i + 2
+    }
+    if (c === 'T') {
+      const tail = a.slice(j + 1)
+      if (tail !== '') {
+        const sec = Number(tail)
+        if (!Number.isFinite(sec) || sec < 0) {
+          ctx.console.error('wget: invalid timeout')
+          ctx.exitCode = 2
+          return -1
+        }
+        st.timeoutMs = Math.round(sec * 1000)
+        return i + 1
+      }
+      if (i + 1 >= args.length) {
+        ctx.console.error('wget: option requires an argument: -T')
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return -1
+      }
+      const sec = Number(args[i + 1])
+      if (!Number.isFinite(sec) || sec < 0) {
+        ctx.console.error('wget: invalid timeout')
+        ctx.exitCode = 2
+        return -1
+      }
+      st.timeoutMs = Math.round(sec * 1000)
+      return i + 2
+    }
+    ctx.console.error('wget: invalid option: -' + c)
+    ctx.exitCode = 2
+    return -1
+  }
+  return i + 1
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {Record<string, unknown>} ctx
  * @param {string[]} argv
@@ -67,28 +162,35 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
   const vfs = ctx.vfs
   const args = argv.slice(1)
 
-  let quiet = false
+  const st = {
-  /** @type {string | null} */
+    quiet: false,
-  let outputDocument = null
+    outputDocument: /** @type {string | null} */ (null),
-  /** @type {string | null} */
+    directoryPrefix: /** @type {string | null} */ (null),
-  let directoryPrefix = null
+    userAgent: /** @type {string | null} */ (null),
-  /** @type {string | null} */
+    timeoutMs: 0,
-  let userAgent = null
+    extraHeaders: /** @type {string[]} */ ([]),
-  let timeoutMs = 0
+    postData: /** @type {string | null} */ (null),
-  const extraHeaders = []
+    postFile: /** @type {string | null} */ (null)
-  /** @type {string | null} */
+  }
-  let postData = null
+
-  /** @type {string | null} */
+  /** @type {string[]} */
-  let postFile = null
+  const urls = []
 
   let i = 0
   while (i < args.length) {
     const a = args[i]
     if (a === '--') {
       i++
+      while (i < args.length) {
+        urls.push(normalizeFetchUrl(String(args[i++])))
+      }
       break
     }
-    if (!a.startsWith('-') || a === '-') break
+    if (!a.startsWith('-') || a === '-') {
+      urls.push(normalizeFetchUrl(String(a)))
+      i++
+      continue
+    }
 
     if (a === '-h' || a === '--help') {
       ctx.console.log(usage())
@@ -100,7 +202,7 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
     }
 
     if (a === '-q' || a === '--quiet') {
-      quiet = true
+      st.quiet = true
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -111,12 +213,12 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      outputDocument = String(args[++i])
+      st.outputDocument = String(args[++i])
       i++
       continue
     }
     if (a.startsWith('--output-document=')) {
-      outputDocument = a.slice('--output-document='.length)
+      st.outputDocument = a.slice('--output-document='.length)
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -127,12 +229,12 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      directoryPrefix = String(args[++i])
+      st.directoryPrefix = String(args[++i])
       i++
       continue
     }
     if (a.startsWith('--directory-prefix=')) {
-      directoryPrefix = a.slice('--directory-prefix='.length)
+      st.directoryPrefix = a.slice('--directory-prefix='.length)
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -143,12 +245,12 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      userAgent = String(args[++i])
+      st.userAgent = String(args[++i])
       i++
       continue
     }
     if (a.startsWith('--user-agent=')) {
-      userAgent = a.slice('--user-agent='.length)
+      st.userAgent = a.slice('--user-agent='.length)
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -165,7 +267,7 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      timeoutMs = Math.round(sec * 1000)
+      st.timeoutMs = Math.round(sec * 1000)
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -176,7 +278,7 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      timeoutMs = Math.round(sec * 1000)
+      st.timeoutMs = Math.round(sec * 1000)
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -187,12 +289,12 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      extraHeaders.push(String(args[++i]))
+      st.extraHeaders.push(String(args[++i]))
       i++
       continue
     }
     if (a.startsWith('--header=')) {
-      extraHeaders.push(a.slice('--header='.length))
+      st.extraHeaders.push(a.slice('--header='.length))
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -203,12 +305,12 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      postData = String(args[++i])
+      st.postData = String(args[++i])
       i++
       continue
     }
     if (a.startsWith('--post-data=')) {
-      postData = a.slice('--post-data='.length)
+      st.postData = a.slice('--post-data='.length)
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -219,7 +321,7 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
         ctx.exitCode = 2
         return
       }
-      postFile = String(args[++i])
+      st.postFile = String(args[++i])
       i++
       continue
     }
@@ -230,15 +332,22 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
       return
     }
 
-    ctx.console.error('wget: invalid option: ' + a)
+    const ni = wgetConsumeShortCluster(a, args, i, st, ctx)
-    ctx.exitCode = 2
+    if (ni === -1) return
-    return
+    if (ni === -2) return
+    i = ni
   }
 
-  const urls = []
+  const {
-  while (i < args.length) {
+    quiet,
-    urls.push(String(args[i++]))
+    outputDocument,
-  }
+    directoryPrefix,
+    userAgent,
+    timeoutMs,
+    extraHeaders,
+    postData,
+    postFile
+  } = st
 
   if (urls.length === 0) {
     ctx.console.error(usage())
@@ -247,7 +356,7 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
   }
 
   for (const u of urls) {
-    if (!looksLikeUrl(u)) {
+    if (!isSupportedFetchUrl(u)) {
       ctx.console.error(
         'wget: URL rejected (need http(s)://, data:, or file://): ' + u
       )
@@ -290,7 +399,8 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
   if (postFile) {
     const buf = await vfs.readFile(postFile)
     if (!buf) {
-      if (!quiet) ctx.console.error('wget: cannot read --post-file: ' + postFile)
+      if (!quiet)
+        ctx.console.error('wget: cannot read --post-file: ' + postFile)
       ctx.exitCode = 3
       return
     }
@@ -312,6 +422,8 @@ export async function runWgetCli(ctx, argv) {
     hdr.set(line.slice(0, colon).trim(), line.slice(colon + 1).trim())
   }
   if (userAgent) hdr.set('User-Agent', userAgent)
+  else if (!hdr.has('User-Agent'))
+    hdr.set('User-Agent', DEFAULT_WGET_USER_AGENT)
   if (body !== undefined && !hdr.has('Content-Type'))
     hdr.set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 

packages/bare-os-booter/test.js

@@ -36,8 +36,19 @@ import {
   jobMatchesDate
 } from './lib/bare-cron.js'
 import { registerBareInitdDisposer, stopBareInitd } from './lib/bare-initd.js'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_CURL_USER_AGENT,
+  DEFAULT_WGET_USER_AGENT
+} from './lib/http-fetch-url.js'
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
+function headerFromInit(init, name) {
+  if (!init?.headers) return undefined
+  const h = init.headers
+  if (typeof h.get === 'function') return h.get(name)
+  return undefined
+}
+
 function testCorestoreDir(name) {
   const dir = path.join(
     __dirname,
@@ -446,11 +457,10 @@ test('expandArgvAliases expands first word and keeps trailing argv', async (t) =
 })
 
 test('expandArgvAliases leaves sed unchanged', async (t) => {
-  t.alike(expandArgvAliases(['sed', 's/a/b/', 'x.txt'], defaultShellAliases()), [
+  t.alike(
-    'sed',
+    expandArgvAliases(['sed', 's/a/b/', 'x.txt'], defaultShellAliases()),
-    's/a/b/',
+    ['sed', 's/a/b/', 'x.txt']
-    'x.txt'
+  )
-  ])
 })
 
 test('defaultShellAliases does not remap sed', async (t) => {
@@ -758,14 +768,19 @@ test('curl delegated from booter with stub fetch', async (t) => {
       lines.push('e:' + String(s))
     }
   }
-  ctx.httpFetch = async () =>
+  /** @type {RequestInit | undefined} */
-    new Response('hello', {
+  let curlInitHello
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (_url, init) => {
+    curlInitHello = init
+    return new Response('hello', {
       status: 200,
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
     })
+  }
   await runBinCommand(ctx, ['curl', 'https://stub.example/x'])
   t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
   t.is(lines[0], 'hello')
+  t.is(headerFromInit(curlInitHello, 'User-Agent'), DEFAULT_CURL_USER_AGENT)
 
   lines.length = 0
   ctx.exitCode = 0
@@ -773,6 +788,112 @@ test('curl delegated from booter with stub fetch', async (t) => {
   await runBinCommand(ctx, ['curl', '-f', '-s', 'https://stub.example/missing'])
   t.is(ctx.exitCode, 22)
 
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  let curlSeenUrl = ''
+  /** @type {RequestInit | undefined} */
+  let curlSeenInit
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (url, init) => {
+    curlSeenUrl = String(url)
+    curlSeenInit = init
+    return new Response('', { status: 200 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, ['curl', 'example.com', '-IL'])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(curlSeenUrl, 'http://example.com')
+  t.is(curlSeenInit && curlSeenInit.method, 'HEAD')
+
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  /** @type {{ url: string, method: string }[]} */
+  const curlHopCalls = []
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (url, init) => {
+    const u = String(url)
+    const method = String(init?.method || 'GET')
+    curlHopCalls.push({ url: u, method })
+    if (method === 'HEAD' && u === 'http://hop.example/start') {
+      return new Response('', {
+        status: 302,
+        headers: { Location: 'https://hop.example/done' }
+      })
+    }
+    if (method === 'GET' && u === 'https://hop.example/done') {
+      return new Response('secret-body', {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
+      })
+    }
+    return new Response('unexpected', { status: 500 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, ['curl', '-IL', 'http://hop.example/start'])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(curlHopCalls.length, 2)
+  t.is(curlHopCalls[0].method, 'HEAD')
+  t.is(curlHopCalls[1].method, 'GET')
+  t.ok(lines[0].includes('200'))
+  t.ok(!lines[0].includes('secret-body'))
+
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (url) => {
+    curlSeenUrl = String(url)
+    return new Response('', { status: 200 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, ['curl', '-I', '//stub.example/p'])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(curlSeenUrl, 'https://stub.example/p')
+
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  /** @type {RequestInit | undefined} */
+  let curlInitUa
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (_url, init) => {
+    curlInitUa = init
+    return new Response('x', { status: 200 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, [
+    'curl',
+    '-A',
+    'CustomCurlUA/9',
+    'https://stub.example/ua'
+  ])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(headerFromInit(curlInitUa, 'User-Agent'), 'CustomCurlUA/9')
+
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (_url, init) => {
+    curlInitUa = init
+    return new Response('x', { status: 200 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, [
+    'curl',
+    '-H',
+    'User-Agent: from-header',
+    '-A',
+    'from-flag',
+    'https://stub.example/ua2'
+  ])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(headerFromInit(curlInitUa, 'User-Agent'), 'from-flag')
+
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (_url, init) => {
+    curlInitUa = init
+    return new Response('x', { status: 200 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, [
+    'curl',
+    '-A',
+    'from-flag',
+    '-H',
+    'User-Agent: from-header',
+    'https://stub.example/ua3'
+  ])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(headerFromInit(curlInitUa, 'User-Agent'), 'from-header')
+
   await store.close()
   rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
 })
@@ -795,11 +916,15 @@ test('wget delegated from booter with stub fetch', async (t) => {
       lines.push('e:' + String(s))
     }
   }
-  ctx.httpFetch = async () =>
+  /** @type {RequestInit | undefined} */
-    new Response('payload', {
+  let wgetInitPayload
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (_url, init) => {
+    wgetInitPayload = init
+    return new Response('payload', {
       status: 200,
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
     })
+  }
   await runBinCommand(ctx, [
     'wget',
     '-O',
@@ -808,6 +933,7 @@ test('wget delegated from booter with stub fetch', async (t) => {
     'https://stub.example/a'
   ])
   t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(headerFromInit(wgetInitPayload, 'User-Agent'), DEFAULT_WGET_USER_AGENT)
   const out = await ctx.vfs.readFile('saved.txt')
   t.ok(out)
   t.is(ctx.b4a.toString(out), 'payload')
@@ -825,6 +951,43 @@ test('wget delegated from booter with stub fetch', async (t) => {
   t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
   t.is(lines[0], 'stdout-body')
 
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  let wgetSeenUrl = ''
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (url) => {
+    wgetSeenUrl = String(url)
+    return new Response('p2', {
+      status: 200,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
+    })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, ['wget', 'stub.example/z', '-qO', 'w2.txt'])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(wgetSeenUrl, 'http://stub.example/z')
+  const w2 = await ctx.vfs.readFile('w2.txt')
+  t.ok(w2)
+  t.is(ctx.b4a.toString(w2), 'p2')
+
+  lines.length = 0
+  ctx.exitCode = 0
+  /** @type {RequestInit | undefined} */
+  let wgetInitU
+  ctx.httpFetch = async (_url, init) => {
+    wgetInitU = init
+    return new Response('u', { status: 200 })
+  }
+  await runBinCommand(ctx, [
+    'wget',
+    '-q',
+    '-U',
+    'WgetCustom/1',
+    '-O',
+    'u.txt',
+    'https://stub.example/u'
+  ])
+  t.is(ctx.exitCode, 0)
+  t.is(headerFromInit(wgetInitU, 'User-Agent'), 'WgetCustom/1')
+
   await store.close()
   rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
 })

packages/bare-os-coreutils/man/pages/curl.json

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
       "flag": "-H, --header LINE",
       "meaning": "Request header (repeatable)"
     },
+    {
+      "flag": "-A, --user-agent STRING",
+      "meaning": "Set User-Agent (default curl/VERSION-style string; last -A or -H User-Agent on the command line wins)"
+    },
     {
       "flag": "-d, --data / --json",
       "meaning": "Request body"
@@ -33,14 +37,8 @@
       "meaning": "See full man curl.json"
     }
   ],
-  "keywords": [
+  "keywords": ["curl", "http", "https", "fetch", "download"],
-    "curl",
+  "bareOsNotes": "Not https://curl.se libcurl; booter curl-cli.js. Default User-Agent matches curl/VERSION form (see everything.curl.dev user-agent). Options and URLs may be interleaved (POSIX-style). Host-style URLs without a scheme get http://; protocol-relative //host gets https://. Fetch uses http(s), data:, or file:// after normalization.",
-    "http",
-    "https",
-    "fetch",
-    "download"
-  ],
-  "bareOsNotes": "Not https://curl.se libcurl; booter curl-cli.js. URLs: http(s), data:, file://.",
   "seeAlso": [
     {
       "name": "git",

packages/bare-os-coreutils/man/pages/wget.json

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     },
     {
       "flag": "-U, --user-agent STRING",
-      "meaning": "Set User-Agent request header"
+      "meaning": "Set User-Agent (default Wget/VERSION (linux-gnu)-style when -U and --header User-Agent are absent)"
     },
     {
       "flag": "-T, --timeout SECONDS",
@@ -50,15 +50,8 @@
     }
   ],
   "environment": [],
-  "keywords": [
+  "keywords": ["wget", "download", "http", "https", "fetch", "mirror"],
-    "wget",
+  "bareOsNotes": "Not GNU wget2 (https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2); booter wget-cli.js. Default User-Agent matches GNU wget-style Wget/VERSION (linux-gnu). -U overrides; --header User-Agent is used if present unless -U is set. Options and URLs may be interleaved; short options can be clustered (e.g. -qO-, -T30). Host-style URLs without a scheme get http://; //host gets https://. No recursive retrieval, FTP, or WARC. Cannot combine -O and -P. Tests may set ctx.httpFetch.",
-    "download",
-    "http",
-    "https",
-    "fetch",
-    "mirror"
-  ],
-  "bareOsNotes": "Not GNU wget2 (https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2). URLs must start with http://, https://, data:, or file://. No recursive retrieval, FTP, or WARC. Cannot combine -O and -P. On Pear/Bare, use bare-fetch for global fetch. Tests may set ctx.httpFetch.",
   "seeAlso": [
     {
       "name": "curl",
@@ -88,11 +81,11 @@
     }
   ],
   "exitStatus": [
-    "0 — success",
+    "0 \u2014 success",
-    "1 — generic error (reserved)",
+    "1 \u2014 generic error (reserved)",
-    "2 — bad usage or options",
+    "2 \u2014 bad usage or options",
-    "3 — file I/O error (e.g. --post-file unreadable)",
+    "3 \u2014 file I/O error (e.g. --post-file unreadable)",
-    "4 — network failure or no fetch implementation",
+    "4 \u2014 network failure or no fetch implementation",
-    "8 — HTTP 4xx/5xx response"
+    "8 \u2014 HTTP 4xx/5xx response"
   ]
 }

packages/bare-os-seeder/README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ npm run os:seeder
 | Variable              | Meaning                                                                                                                    |
 | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `BARE_OS_KERNEL_ROOT` | Absolute path to kernel tree to stage (default: package `kernel/` vendored copy, or repo `kernel/` under Node `file:` URL) |
-| `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE`  | Corestore directory (default under repo `data/` when resolving from `file:`)                                               |
+| `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA`   | Base directory for host state (default `~/.bare-os`)                                                                       |
+| `BARE_OS_SEED_STORE`  | Corestore directory (default `~/.bare-os/corestore/seeder`)                                                                |
 
 ## Pear vs Node
 

packages/bare-os-seeder/lib/paths.js

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ function env(name) {
   return globalThis.process?.env?.[name]
 }
 
+/** Host-side state root (Corestore, etc.): `BARE_OS_HOST_DATA` or `~/.bare-os`. */
+function hostDataRoot() {
+  const override = env('BARE_OS_HOST_DATA')
+  if (override) return path.resolve(override)
+  return path.join(os.homedir(), '.bare-os')
+}
+
 function kernelDirPresent(root) {
   try {
     return statSync(path.join(root, 'kernel')).isDirectory()
@@ -59,9 +66,5 @@ export function defaultKernelRoot(pkgRoot, metaUrl) {
 export function defaultSeedCorestorePath(pkgRoot, metaUrl) {
   const override = env('BARE_OS_SEED_STORE')
   if (override) return override
-  const href = String(metaUrl)
+  return path.join(hostDataRoot(), 'corestore', 'seeder')
-  const dataRoot = href.startsWith('file:')
-    ? path.join(pkgRoot, '..', '..', 'data')
-    : path.join(pkgRoot, 'data')
-  return path.join(dataRoot, 'corestore-seeder')
 }