XDG Base Directory Specification

Waldo Bastian


            
          

Allison Karlitskaya


            
          

Lennart Poettering


            
          

Johannes Löthberg


            
          

Version 0.8

08th May 2021


Table of Contents

Introduction
Basics
Environment variables
Referencing this specification

Introduction

Various specifications specify files and file formats. This specification defines where these files should be looked for by defining one or more base directories relative to which files should be located.