Re: [AD] standard path updates

["Sebastian Steinhauer" <s.steinhauer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 05.01.2011, 10:55 Uhr, schrieb Sebastian Steinhauer  
<s.steinhauer@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> I just checked my OpenSuse, but it seems that the ~/Documents directory  
> is
> localized here (e.g. German: ~/Dokumente). I don't know if this an issue
> with a German Ubuntu.

Ahhh okay, I just found out, that OpenSuse (and probably many other  
distros) use the XDG Base Directory Specification. At my OpenSuse box,  
I've the command xdg-user-dir which prints the localized directory e.g.  
"xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" gives me "/home/steini/Dokumente". I know running  
an external command to check the directory isn't the best way. I've also  
found a config file specifying all the desired directories at  
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs which can be easily parsed. Here's an additional  
link: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs explaining  
where and how this config file will be created.

So to setup the directories, we could use the XDG tools/configs and as a  
fallback the ~/Documents / ~/documents / ~ approach.

I hope this stuff is useful.

Just my 2 cents :)


Sebastian
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