# user-dirs.defaults(5) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       user-dirs.defaults - default settings for XDG user dirs

## DESCRIPTION
       The /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults file is a text file that contains the default values for the
       XDG user dirs which are used by the xdg-user-dirs-update command.

       This file contains lines of the form

           _NAME_=_VALUE_

       The following names are recognised:
           DESKTOP
           DOWNLOAD
           TEMPLATES
           PUBLICSHARE
           DOCUMENTS
           MUSIC
           PICTURES
           VIDEOS

       The values are relative pathnames from the home directory and will be translated on a
       per-path-element basis into the users locale.

       Lines beginning with a # character are ignored.

## ENVIRONMENT
       **XDG**___**CONFIG**___**DIRS**
           The user-dirs.defaults file is located in this directory. The default is /etc/xdg.

## SEE ALSO
       [**xdg-user-dirs-update**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/xdg-user-dirs-update/1/markdown)



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