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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 <alexl@redhat.com>
	 Developer

XDG				   08/27/2026			 XDG-USER-DIR(1)

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