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.\"     Title: xdg-user-dir
.\"    Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
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.\"      Date: 09/26/2022
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: XDG
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "XDG\-USER\-DIR" "1" "" "XDG" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
xdg-user-dir \- Find an XDG user dir
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBxdg\-user\-dir\fR\ 'u
\fBxdg\-user\-dir\fR [NAME]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBxdg\-user\-dir\fR
looks up the current path for one of the special XDG user dirs\&.
.PP
This command expects the name of an XDG user dir as argument\&. The possible names are:
.RS 4
DESKTOP
.RE
.RS 4
DOWNLOAD
.RE
.RS 4
TEMPLATES
.RE
.RS 4
PUBLICSHARE
.RE
.RS 4
DOCUMENTS
.RE
.RS 4
MUSIC
.RE
.RS 4
PICTURES
.RE
.RS 4
VIDEOS
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
The values are looked up in the
user\-dirs\&.dirs
file\&. This file is created by the xdg\-user\-dirs\-update utility\&.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
The
\fBXDG_CONFIG_HOME\fR
environment variable determines where the
user\-dirs\&.dirs
file is located\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBxdg-user-dirs-update\fR(1)