File::HomeDir::FreeDesktop − Find your home and other directories on FreeDesktop.org Unix
This module provides implementations for determining common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir.
This module can operate only when the command "xdg−user−dir" is available and executable, which is typically achieved by installed a package named "xdg−user−dirs" or similar.
One can find the latest spec at <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir−spec/basedir−spec−latest.html>.
use
File::HomeDir;
# Find directories for the current user
$home = File::HomeDir−>my_home; # /home/mylogin
$desktop = File::HomeDir−>my_desktop;
$docs = File::HomeDir−>my_documents;
$music = File::HomeDir−>my_music;
$pics = File::HomeDir−>my_pictures;
$videos = File::HomeDir−>my_videos;
$data = File::HomeDir−>my_data;
$config = File::HomeDir−>my_config;
# Some undocumented ones, expect they don't work − use
with caution
$download = File::HomeDir−>my_download;
$publicshare = File::HomeDir−>my_publicshare;
$templates = File::HomeDir−>my_templates;
$cache = File::HomeDir−>my_cache;
Jerome Quelin <[email protected]<gt>
Adam Kennedy <[email protected]>
File::HomeDir, File::HomeDir::Win32 (legacy)
Copyright 2009 − 2011 Jerome Quelin.
Some parts copyright 2010 Adam Kennedy.
Some parts copyright 2017 − 2020 Jens Rehsack
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.