Variables References
XDG directories
User directories
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| Desktop | @{XDG_DESKTOP_DIR} | Desktop |
| Download | @{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR} | Downloads |
| Templates | @{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR} | Templates |
| Public | @{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR} | Public |
| Documents | @{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR} | Documents |
| Music | @{XDG_MUSIC_DIR} | Music |
| Pictures | @{XDG_PICTURES_DIR} | Pictures |
| Videos | @{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR} | Videos |
| Books | @{XDG_BOOKS_DIR} | Books |
| Projects | @{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR} | Projects |
| Screenshots | @{XDG_SCREENSHOTS_DIR} | @{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}/Screenshots |
| Sync | @{XDG_SYNC_DIR} | Sync |
| Torrents | @{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR} | Torrents |
| Vm | @{XDG_VM_DIR} | .vm |
| Wallpapers | @{XDG_WALLPAPERS_DIR} | @{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}/Wallpapers |
| Disk images | @{XDG_IMG_DIR} | images |
Dotfiles
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| SSH | @{XDG_SSH_DIR} | .ssh |
| GPG | @{XDG_GPG_DIR} | .gnupg |
| Passwords | @{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR} | .password-store |
| 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 |
Full configuration path
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| Cache | @{user_cache_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_CACHE_DIR} |
| Config | @{user_config_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_CONFIG_DIR} |
| Share | @{user_share_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_DATA_DIR} |
| State | @{user_state_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_STATE_DIR} |
| Bin | @{user_bin_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_BIN_DIR} |
| Lib | @{user_lib_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_LIB_DIR} |
| Build | @{user_build_dirs} | /tmp/ |
| Tmp | @{user_tmp_dirs} | @{run}/user/@{uid} /tmp/ |
| Packages | @{user_pkg_dirs} | /tmp/pkg/ |
Full user path
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| Books | @{user_books_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR} |
| Documents | @{user_documents_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR} |
| Download | @{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} |
| Projects | @{user_projects_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR} |
| Public | @{user_publicshare_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR} |
| Sync | @{user_sync_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_SYNC_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/*/@{XDG_SYNC_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} |
| Videos | @{user_videos_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR} |
| Vm | @{user_vm_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_VM_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VM_DIR} |
| Password | @{user_password_store_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR} |
| Disk images | @{user_img_dirs} | @{HOME}/@{XDG_IMG_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_IMG_DIR} |
System variables
Warning
Do not modify these variables unless you know what you are doing
Helper variables
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| Integer (up to 10 digits) | @{int} | [0-9]{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],}{[0-9],} |
| Any 6, 8 or 10 characters | @{rand6}, @{rand8}, @{rand10} | |
| Hexadecimal | @{h}*@{h} | |
| MD5 hash | @{md5} | |
| Universally unique identifier | @{uuid} | |
| Current Process id | @{pid} | [0-9]* |
| Processes ids | @{pids} | [0-9]* |
| User id | @{uid} | [0-9]* |
| Thread id | @{tid} | [0-9]* |
| Single hexadecimal character | @{h} | [0-9a-fA-F] |
| Single alphanumeric character | @{c} | [0-9a-zA-Z] |
| 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} |
System Paths
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| Root Home | @{HOMEDIRS} | /home/ |
| Home directories | @{HOME} | @{HOMEDIRS}/*/ /root/ |
| Root Mountpoints | @{MOUNTDIRS} | /media/ @{run}/media/ /mnt/ |
| Mountpoints directories | @{MOUNTS} | @{MOUNTDIRS}/*/ |
| 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/ |
| Flatpack export | @{flatpak_exports_root} | {flatpak/exports,flatpak/{app,runtime}/*/*/*/*/export} |
| System wide share | @{system_share_dirs} | /{usr,usr/local,var/lib/@{flatpak_exports_root}}/share |
Program paths
| Description | Name | Default Value |
| 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-[0-9]*/gio-launch-desktop @{lib}/gio-launch-desktop |
| All browser paths | @{*_path} | See tunables/multiarch.d/paths |