File::UserDirs

NAME

File::UserDirs - Find extra media and documents directories

VERSION

version 0.09

SYNOPSIS

use File::UserDirs qw(:all);
print xdg_desktop_dir; # e.g. /home/user/Desktop

DESCRIPTION

This module can be used to find directories as informally specified by the Freedesktop.org xdg-user-dirs software. This gives a mechanism to locate extra directories for media and documents files.

FUNCTIONS

May be exported on request. Also the group ":all" is defined which exports all methods.

xdg_desktop_dir
my $dir = xdg_desktop_dir;

Returns the desktop directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the directory Desktop in the home directory.

xdg_documents_dir
my $dir = xdg_documents_dir;

Returns the documents directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

xdg_download_dir
my $dir = xdg_download_dir;

Returns the download directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

xdg_music_dir
my $dir = xdg_music_dir;

Returns the music directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

xdg_pictures_dir
my $dir = xdg_pictures_dir;

Returns the pictures directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

xdg_publicshare_dir
my $dir = xdg_publicshare_dir;

Returns the public share directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

xdg_templates_dir
my $dir = xdg_templates_dir;

Returns the templates directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

xdg_videos_dir
my $dir = xdg_videos_dir;

Returns the videos directory. Unless changed by the user, this is the home directory.

DIAGNOSTICS

""xdg-user-dir" failed to start: %s"

The executable "xdg-user-dir" could not be run, most likely because it was not installed. See " DEPENDENCIES" .

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

The location of the directories can be specified by the user in the file $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/user-dirs.dirs. It is a shell file setting a number of environment variables. To find the exact pathname from Perl, run:

use File::BaseDir qw(config_home);
print config_home('user-dirs.dirs');

Example customised user-dirs.dirs
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Workspace"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Files"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Files/Downloads"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Files/Audio"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Files/Images"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/public_html"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Files/Document templates"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Files/Video"

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires the executable xdg-user-dir from the package "xdg-user-dirs". Source code is available from <http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-user-dirs/>.

AUTHORS

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2003-2021 by Jaap Karssenberg || Pardus [Larus] <pardus AT cpan DOT org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.