XDG Base Directory Specification

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:standard
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs XDG BDS
gptkbp:appliesTo Unix-like operating systems
gptkbp:category desktop environment
file system hierarchy
Linux standard
gptkbp:defaultCachePath $HOME/.cache
gptkbp:defaultConfigPath $HOME/.config
gptkbp:defaultDataPath $HOME/.local/share
gptkbp:defaultRuntimePath /run/user/UID
gptkbp:defines standard locations for cache files
standard locations for configuration files
standard locations for data files
standard locations for runtime files
gptkbp:documentation https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label XDG Base Directory Specification
gptkbp:introduced 2003
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:freedesktop.org
gptkbp:specifiesEnvironmentVariable XDG_CACHE_HOME
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
XDG_DATA_HOME
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:BSD
gptkb:Linux
other Unix-like systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freedesktop.org
gptkb:freedesktop.org
gptkb:FreeDesktop.org
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7