Custom xdg user directories
Posted: 2015-04-02 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: .desktop, folders, icons, xdg, xdg-dirs, xfce |Leave a commentI do not particularly like the standard folders that are automatically created in my $HOME
. I used to just delete them and then set emblems on my own folders in XFCE. Some time ago, I found a discussion on LinuxQuestions about what program creates these automatically.
The default folders are set in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
. The file has the following content:
# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update # If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're # interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run # Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped # homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an # absolute path. No other format is supported. # XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
It’s easy to just modify Desktop
, Downloads
, Templates
, Public
, Documents
, Music
, Pictures
and Videos
to whatever you prefer. Paths can be either relative to $HOME
(as shown above) or absolute. For the changes to take effect, just log out and in.
Extensive information can be found at Arch Linux’s wiki.