XDG_CONFIG_HOME as ~/etc

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	adi Offline \| 02-09-2023, 01:33 PM \| #3

(02-09-2023, 09:39 AM)venam Wrote: but then it'll be a chicken and egg problem if you want this one defined too.

I don't believe user-dirs.dirs is ment to handle $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, you set that as an environment variable in your ~/.profile. My $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/user.dirs.dirs, after running xdg-user-dirs-update --set DOWNLOAD ~/dl is:

Code:
# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update

# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're

# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run.

# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped

# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an

# absolute path. No other format is supported.

#

XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/dl"

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"

XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"

XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"

XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"

XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"

XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"

XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

(02-09-2023, 09:39 AM)venam Wrote: Some people had similar ideas in this thread but it was more generic.

My $HOME is pretty similar:

Code:
~ $ tree -L 1

.

|-- Downloads

|-- bak

|-- bin

|-- dl

|-- docs

|-- etc

|-- go

|-- htdocs -> /var/www/home/adi/htdocs/

|-- include

|-- irc

|-- lib

|-- local

|-- mail

|-- man

|-- mnt

|-- pkg

|-- share

|-- src

|-- tmp

`-- var

19 directories, 1 file

I'm in the process of renaming ~/Downloads to ~/dl

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Messages In This Thread

XDG_CONFIG_HOME as ~/etc - by adi - 02-09-2023, 08:25 AM

RE: XDG_CONFIG_HOME as ~/etc - by venam - 02-09-2023, 09:39 AM

RE: XDG_CONFIG_HOME as ~/etc - by adi - 02-09-2023, 01:33 PM

RE: XDG_CONFIG_HOME as ~/etc - by jkl - 02-09-2023, 04:03 PM

RE: XDG_CONFIG_HOME as ~/etc - by adi - 03-09-2023, 04:04 AM

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