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<refentry id="xdg-user-dirs-update">
<refentryinfo>
<title>xdg-user-dirs-update</title>
<productname>XDG</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Alexander</firstname>
<surname>Larsson</surname>
<email>alexl@redhat.com</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>xdg-user-dirs-update</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>xdg-user-dirs-update</refname>
<refpurpose>Update XDG user dir configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>xdg-user-dirs-update</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTION</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">--set <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>xdg-user-dirs-update</command> updates the current
state of the users <filename>user-dirs.dirs</filename>. If none existed
before then one is created based on the system default values, or
falling back to the old non-translated filenames if such directories
exists. The list of old directories used are: <filename>~/Desktop</filename>,
<filename>~/Templates</filename> and <filename>~/Public</filename>.
</para>
<para>
If an old configuration exists it is updated with any new default
directories. Additionally, any configured directories that point to
non-existing locations are reset by pointing then to the users home
directory. This typically happens when the users removed the
directory, so they likely don't want to use it anymore.
</para>
<para>
On the first run a <filename>user-dirs.locale</filename> file is
created containing the locale that was used for the translation. This
is used later by GUI tools like
<command>xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update</command> to detect if the locale
was changed, letting you to migrate from the old names.</para>
<para><command>xdg-user-dirs-update</command> is normally run automatically at the start
of a user session to update the XDG user dirs according to the users
locale.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print help output and exit.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
<listitem><para>Update existing <filename>user-dirs.dirs</filename>, but force a full reset.
This means: Don't reset nonexisting directories to HOME, rather recreate the directory.
Never use backwards compatible non-translated names. Always recreate <filename>user-dirs.locale</filename>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dummy-output <replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Write the configuration to <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>
instead of the default configuration file. Also, no directories are created.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--set <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Sets the XDG user dir with the given name.</para>
<para><replaceable>NAME</replaceable> should be one of the following:
<simplelist>
<member>DESKTOP</member>
<member>DOWNLOAD</member>
<member>TEMPLATES</member>
<member>PUBLICSHARE</member>
<member>DOCUMENTS</member>
<member>MUSIC</member>
<member>PICTURES</member>
<member>VIDEOS</member>
</simplelist></para>
<para><replaceable>PATH</replaceable> must be an absolute path,
e.g. <filename>$HOME/Some/Directory</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Files</title>
<para>The XDG user dirs configuration is stored in the
<filename>user-dirs.dirs</filename> file in the location pointed to
by the <envar>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</envar> environment variable.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Environment</title>
<para>The <envar>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</envar> environment variable determines
where the <filename>user-dirs.dirs</filename> file is located.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>xdg-user-dir</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>user-dirs.dirs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>user-dirs.defaults</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>user-dirs.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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