Manual: xdg-user-dir

XDG-USER-DIR(1)						User Commands					     XDG-USER-DIR(1)

NAME
       xdg-user-dir - Find an XDG user dir

SYNOPSIS

       xdg-user-dir [NAME]

DESCRIPTION
       xdg-user-dir looks up the current path for one of the special XDG user dirs.

       This command expects the name of an XDG user dir as argument. The possible names are:
	   DESKTOP
	   DOWNLOAD
	   TEMPLATES
	   PUBLICSHARE
	   DOCUMENTS
	   MUSIC
	   PICTURES
	   VIDEOS

FILES
       The values are looked up in the user-dirs.dirs file. This file is created by the xdg-user-dirs-update utility.

ENVIRONMENT
       The XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable determines where the user-dirs.dirs file is located.

SEE ALSO
       xdg-user-dirs-update(1)

AUTHOR
       Alexander Larsson 
	   Developer

XDG							 09/26/2025					     XDG-USER-DIR(1)