1File::HomeDir::FreeDeskUtsoepr(3C)ontributed Perl DocumeFnitlaet:i:oHnomeDir::FreeDesktop(3)
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6 File::HomeDir::FreeDesktop - Find your home and other directories on
7 FreeDesktop.org Unix
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10 This module provides implementations for determining common user
11 directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via
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14 This module can operate only when the command "xdg-user-dir" is
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22 use File::HomeDir;
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24 # Find directories for the current user
25 $home = File::HomeDir->my_home; # /home/mylogin
26 $desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop;
27 $docs = File::HomeDir->my_documents;
28 $music = File::HomeDir->my_music;
29 $pics = File::HomeDir->my_pictures;
30 $videos = File::HomeDir->my_videos;
31 $data = File::HomeDir->my_data;
32 $config = File::HomeDir->my_config;
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35 $download = File::HomeDir->my_download;
36 $publicshare = File::HomeDir->my_publicshare;
37 $templates = File::HomeDir->my_templates;
38 $cache = File::HomeDir->my_cache;
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43 Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
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46 File::HomeDir, File::HomeDir::Win32 (legacy)
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49 Copyright 2009 - 2011 Jerome Quelin.
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51 Some parts copyright 2010 Adam Kennedy.
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53 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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56 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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61perl v5.30.1 2020-01-30 File::HomeDir::FreeDesktop(3)