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minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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-up1·1 year agoSomething something symlink Downloads to downloads
minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-up1·1 year agoKeep filling those bugs and stop complaining on random forums, kids
minus-squarezlatko@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhy not just cd $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR in the first place?
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·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_DIRvar 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
Downloadsdirectory in my home.Keep filling those bugs and stop complaining on random forums, kids
Porque no los dos?
Why not just
cd $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIRin 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 DOWNLOADcommand to get it automatically.