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PROGRAM:

NAME

xdg-user-dirs-update - Update XDG user dir configuration

SYNOPSIS

xdg-user-dirs-update [OPTION...] [--set NAME PATH...]

DESCRIPTION

xdg-user-dirs-update updates the current state of the users user-dirs.dir. 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:
~/Desktop, ~/Templates and ~/Public.

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.

On the first run a user-dirs.locale file is created containing the locale that was used
for the translation. This is used later by gui tools like xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update to
detect if the locale was changed, letting you to migrate from the old names.

xdg-user-dirs-update is normally run automatically at the start of a user session to
update the XDG user dirs according to the users locale.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:

--help
Print help output and exit.

--force
Update existing user-dirs.dir, 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 user-dirs.locale.

--dummy-output PATH
Write the configuration to PATH instead of the default configuration file. Also, no
directories are created.

--set NAME PATH
Sets the XDG user dir with the given name.

NAME should be one of the following:
DESKTOP
DOWNLOAD
TEMPLATES
PUBLICSHARE
DOCUMENTS
MUSIC
PICTURES
VIDEOS

PATH must be an absolute path, e.g. $HOME/Some/Directory.

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