XDG Base Directory specification
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XDG Base Directory Specification
XDG user dirs
Default values
$XDG_DATA_HOME → $HOME/.local/share $XDG_CONFIG_HOME → $HOME/.config $XDG_CACHE_HOME → $HOME/.cache $XDG_DATA_DIRS → /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS → /etc/xdg $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR →
By default, the directories are stored into ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/user-dirs.dirs file.
Inside a script
test -f ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/user-dirs.dirs && source ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/user-dirs.dirs
dataHome=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}
configHome=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}
cacheHome=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}
Query / Update commands
- Query: xdg-user-dir TEMPLATE
- Update: xdg-user-dirs-update --set TEMPLATE "$HOME/foo"
- Unset: xdg-user-dirs-update --set TEMPLATE "$HOME/" → value must be $HOME to unset