USER-DIRS.DIRS(5) File Formats USER-DIRS.DIRS(5) (NAME) user-dirs.dirs - XDG (DESCRIPTION) $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs XDG . xdg-user-dirs-update . : XDG_NAME_DIR=VALUE : DESKTOP DOWNLOAD TEMPLATES PUBLICSHARE DOCUMENTS MUSIC PICTURES VIDEOS VALUE "$HOME/Path" "/Path" . # . user-dirs.dirs (sourcing) . (ENVIRONMENT) XDG_CONFIG_DIRS user-dirs.defaults . /etc/xdg . (SEE ALSO) xdg-user-dirs-update(1) (AUTHOR) Alexander Larsson XDG 04/08/2026 USER-DIRS.DIRS(5)