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minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoEven worse, many components will ignore the XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR var so even if you manually change it to $HOME/downloads (lower-case) it will often break things.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSomething something symlink Downloads to downloads
minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah but the main issue is that I don’t want there to be a Downloads directory in my home.
minus-squareSynthead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoKeep filling those bugs and stop complaining on random forums, kids
minus-squarezlatko@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhy not just cd $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR in the first place?
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoThat’s not an environment variable. It’s defined in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/user-dirs.dirs. Though you can use the xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD command to get it automatically.
Even worse, many components will ignore the
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR
var so even if you manually change it to$HOME/downloads
(lower-case) it will often break things.Something something symlink Downloads to downloads
Yeah but the main issue is that I don’t want there to be a
Downloads
directory in my home.Keep filling those bugs and stop complaining on random forums, kids
Porque no los dos?
Why not just
cd $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR
in the first place?That’s not an environment variable. It’s defined in
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/user-dirs.dirs
.Though you can use the
xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD
command to get it automatically.