xdg-user-dirs-update

Update XDG user directories. More information: https://manned.org/xdg-user-dirs-update.

• Change XDG's DESKTOP directory to the specified directory (must be absolute):

xdg-user-dirs-update --set DESKTOP "{{path/to/directory}}"

• Write the result to the specified dry-run-file instead of the user-dirs.dirs file:

xdg-user-dirs-update --dummy-output "{{path/to/dry_run_file}}" --set {{xdg_user_directory}} "{{path/to/directory}}"