Create separate executable

Cargo.toml

@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ toml = "0.5.9"
 serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["derive"]}
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 slotmap = "1.0.6"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "xcrab-msg"
+path = "src/msg/main.rs"

src/msg/config.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use crate::Result;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
+// Dummy struct for deserializing the message config - we're using the same file for both binaries
+pub struct XcrabConfig {
+    pub msg: Option<XcrabMsgConfig>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct XcrabMsgConfig {
+    socket_path: PathBuf,
+}
+
+pub fn load_file() -> Result<XcrabConfig> {
+    let home_dir = std::env::var("HOME")?;
+
+    let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(format!("{}/.config/xcrab/config.toml", home_dir))?;
+
+    let config: XcrabConfig = toml::from_str(&contents)?;
+
+    Ok(config)
+}

src/msg/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mod config;
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let conf = config::load_file()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}