XDG\-USER\-DIR
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NAME
xdg-user-dir - Find an XDG user dir
SYNOPSIS
-
xdg-user-dir [NAME]
DESCRIPTION
xdg-user-dir
looks up the current path for one of the special XDG user dirs.
This command expects the name of an XDG user dir as argument. The possible names are:
-
DESKTOP
-
DOWNLOAD
-
TEMPLATES
-
PUBLICSHARE
-
DOCUMENTS
-
MUSIC
-
PICTURES
-
VIDEOS
FILES
The values are looked up in the
user-dirs.dir
file. This file is created by the xdg-user-dirs-update utility.
ENVIRONMENT
The
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
environment variable determines where the
user-dirs.dirs
file is located.
SEE ALSO
xdg-user-dirs-update(1)