Xdg-user-dirs-0.18

Introduction to Xdg-user-dirs

Xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage well known user directories like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames.

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注記

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Package Information

Xdg-user-dirs Dependencies

Optional

docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-nons-1.79.2, and libxslt-1.1.39 (all three for building the man pages)

Installation of Xdg-user-dirs

Install xdg-user-dirs by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr           \
            --sysconfdir=/etc       \
            --disable-documentation &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-documentation: Disable the installation of the man pages. Remove this switch if you've installed the optional dependencies and you wish to install the man pages of this package.

Configuring Xdg-user-dirs

Config Files

~/.config/user-dirs.dirs, /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf, and /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults. Those default locations can be overridden by XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS

Contents

Installed Programs: xdg-user-dir and xdg-user-dirs-update
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

xdg-user-dir

looks up the current path for one of the XDG user directories

xdg-user-dirs-update

creates localized versions of the user directories