1XDG-USER-DIR(1) User Commands XDG-USER-DIR(1)
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6 xdg-user-dir - Find an XDG user dir
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9 xdg-user-dir [NAME]
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12 xdg-user-dir looks up the current path for one of the special XDG user
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15 This command expects the name of an XDG user dir as argument. The
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18 DOWNLOAD
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20 PUBLICSHARE
21 DOCUMENTS
22 MUSIC
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24 VIDEOS
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27 The values are looked up in the user-dirs.dirs file. This file is
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31 The XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable determines where the
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35 xdg-user-dirs-update(1)
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