1USER-DIRS.DIRS(5) File Formats USER-DIRS.DIRS(5)
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6 user-dirs.dirs - settings for XDG user dirs
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9 The $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs file is a text file that contains the
10 user-specific values for the XDG user dirs. It is created and updated
11 by the xdg-user-dirs-update command.
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13 This file contains lines of the form
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15 XDG_NAME_DIR=VALUE
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17 The following names are recognised:
18 DESKTOP
19 DOWNLOAD
20 TEMPLATES
21 PUBLICSHARE
22 DOCUMENTS
23 MUSIC
24 PICTURES
25 VIDEOS
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27 VALUE must be of the form "$HOME/Path" or "/Path".
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31 The format of user-dirs.dirs is designed to allow direct sourcing of
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35 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
36 The user-dirs.defaults file is located in this directory. The
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40 xdg-user-dirs-update(1)
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