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_VM_SHARES_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_password_store_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_vm_shares}`	`@{HOME}/@{XDG_VM_SHARES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VM_SHARES_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