User Commands                                     xdg-user-dir(1)



NAME
     xdg-user-dir - Get the path used for desktop user  directory
     location.

SYNOPSIS
     xdg-user-dir DIR

DESCRIPTION
     xdg-user-dir is a utility that extracts the location of  the
     specified desktop user directory from the file :

         ${HOME}/.config/user-dirs.dirs

OPERANDS
     Valid desktop directories (DIR) are:

             DESKTOP
             DOWNLOAD
             TEMPLATES
             PUBLICSHARE
             DOCUMENTS
             MUSIC
             PICTURES
             VIDEOS

     If an invalid directory is requested ${HOME} is returned.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
     variables:

         HOME.

     Other environment variable that are used are:

     XDGCONFIGHOME

         Base directory for storge of  XDG  configuration  files.
         Defaults to ${HOME}/.config



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/xdg-user-dir

         XDG Directory expansion utility.







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User Commands                                     xdg-user-dir(1)



     ${XDGCONFIGHOME}/user-dirs.dirs

         Location of the  user-specific  configuration  including
         the current list of directories and what they map to.



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Location of user's documents directory

     % xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS

     /home/user/Documents

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWxdg-user-dirs           
    
     Interface stability          Uncommitted                 
    


SEE ALSO
     More information can be found at:

     http:/www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs

     xdg-user-dirs-update(1), xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1), attri-
     butes(5)

NOTES
     Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc, 2008


















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