Note: Ubuntu Default Folders
To change the default folders edit this file:
gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
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Here is an example from the Lucid Beta1 LiveCD:
user-dirs.dirs
# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update # If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're # interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run # Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped # homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an # absolute path. No other format is supported. # XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
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cheers mate
johannes
August 16, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Thanks so much for your big help! Before you helped, I had:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=”$HOME/”
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR=”$HOME/”
and
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR=$HOME/”
Thus, my files were a mess! So I changed these three lines.
Your default list was very helpful. I copied parts of your default list on user-dirs.dirs .
A Web site that instructed me, a Ubuntu newbie, was “Use Any Folder for your Ubuntu Desktop (Even a Dropbox Folder)” at http://www.howtogeek.com/17752/use-any-folder-for-your-ubuntu-desktop-even-a-dropbox-folder.
Arthur
Sacramento, CA
Ubuntu 11.10
Arthur Ringwalt
April 9, 2012 at 5:09 pm