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Comment by 0des

4 years ago

Wow, thanks for the reply, nice find! I did some poking around on my Linux system and even re-arranging the home folder was a task of its own because the system kept trying to replace folders in their original places. I will do some digging in to Gobo and see how they're handling this. Thanks again for pointing this out.

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dotancohen  4 years ago 

  > the system kept trying to replace folders in their original places.

This is the file that you want:

  $ cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs 
  XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"
  XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
  XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
  XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
  XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/"
  XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/"
  XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/"
  XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"

lostlogin  4 years ago

You’re clearly a more capable user than me, but even so, take care. The time I accidentally moved /etc has scarred me for life.

  • tech2  4 years ago

    Early on in my Linux-using-life I made the mistake of deleting /etc. That was a learning experience like no other :)

    • mixmastamyk  4 years ago

      Since Live CDs/Flash drives were invented, I wouldn't worry about this stuff any longer. Certainly have your personal files in a centralized location and backed up first.

      Probably the easiest way to experiment these days is to create a VM and make snapshot, then start knocking down walls, just to see when and where the house collapses. Then revert and try something new.

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    • simonblack  4 years ago

      A couple of weeks after moving to UNIX from MSDOS, I thought I'd remove lots of unnecessary 'dot-directories' from the /tmp directory. I was root as I had no concept of being a 'normal user'.

      So I ran two simple commands:

           cd /tmp
     rm -fr .*

      and wondered why it was taking so long. <grin>

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