AssetPath will return the relative path to the file represented by assetName otherwise it will return an error if the file doesn't exist.

ExternalIPAddress will get this current computer's external IP address.

FullDateString will return the current time formatted as a string.

FullDateStringSafe returns the current time as a string with only file-name safe characters.

ReadLines reads in a file by path and returns a slice of strings credit to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18479916/584947.

SysAssetPath will return the relative path to the file represented by assetName but also add in the GOOS after the filename and before the extension.

TimeStampFileName will generate a string to be used to uniquely name and identify a new file.

the root asset directory where all the external files used are stored.