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refmeta><
refentrytitle>xdg-user-dir</
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manvolnum>1</
manvolnum>
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refmiscinfo class="date">03 Apr 2008</
refmiscinfo>
12780N/A<
refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</
refmiscinfo>
12780N/A<
refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</
refmiscinfo>
12780N/A<
refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</
refmiscinfo>
12780N/A<
refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</
refmiscinfo>
12780N/A<
indexterm><
primary>xdg-user-dir</
primary></
indexterm><
indexterm><
primary>Get the path used for desktop user directory location.</
primary></
indexterm>
12780N/A<
refnamediv id="xdg-user-dir-1-name"><
refname>xdg-user-dir</
refname><
refpurpose>Get the path used for desktop user directory location.</
refpurpose></
refnamediv>
12780N/A<
refsynopsisdiv id="xdg-user-dir-1-synp"><
title>&synp-tt;</
title>
12780N/A<
cmdsynopsis><
command>&cmd;</
command>
12804N/A<
arg choice="plain"><
replaceable>DIR</
replaceable></
arg>
12780N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-desc"><
title>&desc-tt;</
title>
12780N/A<
para><
command>&cmd;</
command> is a utility that extracts the location of the specified desktop user directory from the file :
12804N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-oper"><
title>&oper-tt;</
title>
12804N/A<
para>Valid desktop directories (<
replaceable>DIR</
replaceable>) are:
12780N/AIf an invalid directory is requested ${HOME} is returned.
12804N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-envr"><
title>&envr-tt;</
title>
12804N/A<
para>See <
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>environ</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>
12804N/A5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry> for descriptions of the following environment
12804N/AOther environment variable that are used are:
12804N/A<
variablelist termlength="short">
12804N/A<
listitem><
para>Base directory for storge of XDG configuration files. Defaults to <
filename>${HOME}/.config</
filename></
para></
listitem>
12804N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-file"><
title>&file-tt;</
title>
12804N/A<
para>The following files are used by this application:</
para>
12804N/A<
variablelist termlength="short">
12804N/A<
listitem><
para>XDG Directory expansion utility.</
para></
listitem>
12804N/A<
listitem><
para>Location of the user-specific configuration including the current
12804N/Alist of directories and what they map to.</
para></
listitem>
12780N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-exam"><
title>&exam-tt;</
title>
12780N/A<
title>Location of user's documents directory</
title>
12780N/A<
userinput>% &cmd; DOCUMENTS</
userinput>
12780N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-attr"><
title>&attr-tt;</
title>
12780N/A<
para>See <
olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><
citerefentry>
12780N/A<
refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry></
olink>
12780N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</
para>
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colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
12780N/A<
colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
12780N/A<
row><
entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</
entry><
entry align="center" 12780N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</
entry></
row>
12780N/A<
row><
entry colname="COLSPEC0"><
para>Interface stability</
para></
entry><
entry 12780N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><
para>Uncommitted</
para></
entry></
row>
12780N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-also"><
title>&also-tt;</
title>
12780N/A<!--Reference to another man page--> 12780N/A<!--Reference to a Help manual--> 12780N/AMore information can be found at:
12780N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>xdg-user-dirs-update</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
12780N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
12780N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>
12780N/A<
refsect1 id="xdg-user-dir-1-note"><
title>¬e-tt;</
title>
12780N/A<
para>Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc, 2008</
para>