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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "user-dirs.defaults",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/user-dirs.defaults/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T07:09:33Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "user-dirs.defaults - default settings for XDG user dirs\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults file is a text file that contains the default values for the\nXDG user dirs which are used by the xdg-user-dirs-update command.\n\nThis file contains lines of the form\n\nNAME=VALUE\n\nThe following names are recognised:\nDESKTOP\nDOWNLOAD\nTEMPLATES\nPUBLICSHARE\nDOCUMENTS\nMUSIC\nPICTURES\nVIDEOS\n\nThe values are relative pathnames from the home directory and will be translated on a\nper-path-element basis into the users locale.\n\nLines beginning with a # character are ignored.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT": {
            "content": "XDGCONFIGDIRS\nThe user-dirs.defaults file is located in this directory. The default is /etc/xdg.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "xdg-user-dirs-update(1)\n\n\n\nXDG                                                                             USER-DIRS.DEFAULT(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "user-dirs.defaults - default settings for XDG user dirs",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "xdg-user-dirs-update",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/xdg-user-dirs-update/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "USER-DIRS.DEFAULT",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/USER-DIRS.DEFAULT/5/json"
        }
    ]
}