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minus-square@MooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink43•9 months agoEven worse, many components will ignore the XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR var so even if you manually change it to $HOME/downloads (lower-case) it will often break things. arrow-up143arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@Synthead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink34•9 months agoKeep filling those bugs and stop complaining on random forums, kids arrow-up138arrow-down14file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@FiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilink5•8 months agoPorque no los dos? arrow-up15arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink27•9 months agoSomething something symlink Downloads to downloads arrow-up127arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@MooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•9 months agoYeah but the main issue is that I don’t want there to be a Downloads directory in my home. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@Number358@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•edit-28 months agoremoved by mod arrow-up111arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@paperplane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•9 months agoThis is all fun and games until you try moving a backup to a file system that’s case-insensitive arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@zlatko@programming.devlinkfedilink2•9 months agoWhy not just cd $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR in the first place? arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareunalivejoylinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 months agoThat’s not an environment variable. It’s defined in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/user-dirs.dirs. Though you can use the xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD command to get it automatically. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Even worse, many components will ignore the
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIRvar so even if you manually change it to$HOME/downloads(lower-case) it will often break things.Keep filling those bugs and stop complaining on random forums, kids
Porque no los dos?
Something something symlink Downloads to downloads
Yeah but the main issue is that I don’t want there to be a
Downloadsdirectory in my home.removed by mod
This is all fun and games until you try moving a backup to a file system that’s case-insensitive
Why not just
cd $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIRin the first place?That’s not an environment variable. It’s defined in
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/user-dirs.dirs.Though you can use the
xdg-user-dir DOWNLOADcommand to get it automatically.