1USER-DIRS.CONF(5) File Formats USER-DIRS.CONF(5)
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6 user-dirs.conf - configuration for xdg-user-dirs-update
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9 The /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf file is a text file that controls the
10 behavior of the xdg-user-dirs-update command. Users can have their own
11 ~/.config/user-dirs.conf file, which overrides the system-wide
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16 enabled=boolean
17 When set to False, xdg-user-dirs-update will not change the XDG
18 user dirs configuration.
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20 filename_encoding=encoding
21 This sets the filename encoding to use. encoding can be an
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28 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
29 The system-wide user-dirs.conf file is located in this directory.
30 The default is /etc/xdg.
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32 XDG_CONFIG_HOME
33 The per-user user-dirs.conf file is located in this directory. The
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37 xdg-user-dirs-update(1)
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