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Variables References

XDG directories

User directories

Description Name Default Value(s)
Desktop @{XDG_DESKTOP_DIR} Desktop
Documents @{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR} Documents
Downloads @{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR} Downloads
Music @{XDG_MUSIC_DIR} Music
Pictures @{XDG_PICTURES_DIR} Pictures
Videos @{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR} Videos
Screenshots @{XDG_SCREENSHOTS_DIR} @{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}/Screenshots
Wallpapers @{XDG_WALLPAPERS_DIR} @{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}/Wallpapers
Books @{XDG_BOOKS_DIR} Books
Games @{XDG_GAMES_DIR} .games
Templates @{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR} Templates
Public @{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR} Public
Projects @{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR} Projects
Private @{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR} .{p,P}rivate {p,P}rivate
Work @{XDG_WORK_DIR} Work
Mail @{XDG_MAIL_DIR} Mail .{m,M}ail
Sync @{XDG_SYNC_DIR} Sync
Torrents @{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR} Torrents
Vm @{XDG_VM_DIR} .vm
Vm Shares @{XDG_VMSHARE_DIR} VM_Shares
Disk images @{XDG_IMG_DIR} images
Games Studio @{XDG_GAMESSTUDIO_DIR} .unity3d

Dotfiles

Description Name Default Value(s)
Cache @{XDG_CACHE_DIR} .cache
Config @{XDG_CONFIG_DIR} .config
Data @{XDG_DATA_DIR} .local/share
State @{XDG_STATE_DIR} .local/state
Bin @{XDG_BIN_DIR} .local/bin
Lib @{XDG_LIB_DIR} .local/lib
GPG @{XDG_GPG_DIR} .gnupg
SSH @{XDG_SSH_DIR} .ssh
Private @{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR} .{p,P}rivate {p,P}rivate
Passwords @{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR} .password-store

Full configuration path

Description Name Default Value(s)
Cache @{user_cache_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_CACHE_DIR}
Config @{user_config_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_CONFIG_DIR}
Bin @{user_bin_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_BIN_DIR}
Lib @{user_lib_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_LIB_DIR}
Share @{user_share_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_DATA_DIR}
State @{user_state_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_STATE_DIR}
Build @{user_build_dirs} /tmp/build/
Packages @{user_pkg_dirs} /tmp/pkg/

Full user path

Description Name Default Value(s)
Documents @{user_documents_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR}
Downloads @{user_download_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
Music @{user_music_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_MUSIC_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_MUSIC_DIR}
Pictures @{user_pictures_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}
Videos @{user_videos_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR}
Books @{user_books_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR}
Games @{user_games_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_GAMES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_GAMES_DIR}
Private @{user_private_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR}
Passwords @{user_passwordstore_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR}
Work @{user_work_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_WORK_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_WORK_DIR}
Mail @{user_mail_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_MAIL_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_MAIL_DIR}
Projects @{user_projects_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR}
Public @{user_publicshare_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR}
Templates @{user_templates_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR}
Torrents @{user_torrents_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR}
Sync @{user_sync_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_SYNC_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/*/@{XDG_SYNC_DIR}
Vm @{user_vm_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_VM_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VM_DIR}
Vm Shares @{user_vmshare_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_VMSHARE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VMSHARE_DIR}
Disk images @{user_img_dirs} @{HOME}/@{XDG_IMG_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_IMG_DIR}

System variables

Danger

Do not modify these variables unless you know what you are doing

Base variables

Description Name Default Value(s)
Any digit @{d} [0-9]
Any letter @{l} [a-zA-Z]
Single alphanumeric character @{c} [0-9a-zA-Z]
Word character: matches any letter, digit or underscore. @{w} [0-9a-zA-Z_]
Single hexadecimal character @{h} [0-9a-fA-F]
Integer up to 10 digits (0-9999999999) @{int} @{d}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}
Unsigned integer over 8 bits (0-255) @{u8} [0-9]{[0-9],} 1[0-9][0-9] 2[0-4][0-9] 25[0-5]
Unsigned integer over 16 bits (0-65535, 5 digits) @{u16} @{d}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}
Hexadecimal up to 64 characters @{hex}
Alphanumeric up to 64 characters @{rand}
Word up to 64 characters @{word}

Basic variables of a given length

Description Name
Any x digits characters @{int2} @{int4} @{int6} @{int8} @{int9} @{int10} @{int12} @{int15} @{int16} @{int32} @{int64}
Any x hexadecimal characters @{hex2} @{hex4} @{hex6} @{hex8} @{hex9} @{hex10} @{hex12} @{hex15} @{hex16} @{hex32} @{hex38} @{hex64}
Any x alphanumeric characters @{rand2} @{rand4} @{rand6} @{rand8} @{rand9} @{rand10} @{rand12} @{rand15} @{rand16} @{rand32} @{rand64}
Any x word characters @{word2} @{word4} @{word6} @{word8} @{word9} @{word10} @{word12} @{word15} @{word16} @{word32} @{word64}

System Variables

Description Name Default Value(s)
Common architecture names @{arch} x86_64 amd64 i386 i686
Dbus unique name @{busname} :1.@{u16} :not.active.yet
Universally unique identifier @{uuid} @{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}
Username valid characters @{user} [a-zA-Z_]{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}
Group valid characters @{group} @{user}
Semantic version @{version} @{int}{.@{int},}{.@{int},}{-@{rand},}
Current Process Id @{pid} {[1-9],[1-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-4][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]}
Processes Ids @{pids} @{pid}
Thread Id @{tid} @{pid}
User Id (equivalent to @{int}) @{uid} {[0-9],[1-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-4][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]}

System Paths

Description Name Default Value(s)
Root Home @{HOMEDIRS} /home/
Home directories @{HOME} @{HOMEDIRS}/*/ /root/
Root Mountpoints @{MOUNTDIRS} /media/ @{run}/media/@{user}/ /mnt/
Mountpoints directories @{MOUNTS} @{MOUNTDIRS}/*/ @{run}/user/@{uid}/gvfs/
Bin @{bin} /{usr/,}{s,}bin
Lib @{lib} /{usr/,}lib{,exec,32,64}
multi-arch library @{multiarch} *-linux-gnu*
Proc @{PROC} /proc/
Run @{run} /run/ /var/run/
Sys @{sys} /sys/
System wide share @{system_share_dirs} /{usr,usr/local,var/lib/@{flatpak_exports_root}}/share
Flatpak export @{flatpak_exports_root} {flatpak/exports,flatpak/{app,runtime}/*/*/*/*/export}

System Internal

Description Name Default Value(s)
PCI Devices @{pci} @{pci_bus}/**/
PCI Bus @{pci_bus} pci@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}:@{h}@{h}
PCI Id @{pci_id} @{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}:@{h}@{h}:@{h}@{h}.@{h}
HCI devices @{hci_id} dev_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}
Udev data dynamic assignment ranges (234 to 254 then 384 to 511) @{dynamic} 23[4-9] 24[0-9] 25[0-4] 38[4-9] 39[0-9] 4[0-9][0-9] 50[0-9] 51[0-1]

Program paths

Description Name Default Value(s)
All the shells @{shells} sh zsh bash dash fish rbash ksh tcsh csh
Shells path @{shells_path} @{bin}/@{shells}
Coreutils programs that should not have dedicated profile @{coreutils} See tunables/multiarch.d/paths
Coreutils paths @{coreutils_path} @{bin}/@{coreutils}
Launcher paths @{open_path} @{bin}/exo-open @{bin}/xdg-open @{lib}/@{multiarch}/glib-@{version}/gio-launch-desktop @{lib}/gio-launch-desktop
All browser paths @{*_path} See tunables/multiarch.d/paths