Added $XDG_CACHE_HOME

* Added $XDG_CACHE_HOME

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml
index feb57c0..7a9eec4 100644
--- a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml
+++ b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 <article id="index">
   <artheader>
     <title>XDG Base Directory Specification</title>
-    <releaseinfo>Version 0.5</releaseinfo>
-    <date>9 June 2003</date>
+    <releaseinfo>Version 0.6</releaseinfo>
+    <date>31 July 2003</date>
     <authorgroup>
       <author>
 	<firstname>Waldo</firstname>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <sect1 id="basics">
     <title>Basics</title>
     <para>
-      The XDG Base Directory Specification is based on four concepts: 
+      The XDG Base Directory Specification is based on the following concepts: 
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
             by the environment variable <literal>$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific
+            non-essential (cached) data should be written. 
+            This directory is defined by the
+            environment variable <literal>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</literal>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
   </sect1>
@@ -116,7 +124,10 @@
       any of the base directories defined by <literal>$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal>.
     </para>
     <para>
-      
+      <literal>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</literal> defines the base directory relative to
+      which user specific non-essential data files should be stored. If
+      <literal>$XDG_CACHE_HOME</literal> is either not set or empty, a default equal to
+      <literal>$HOME</literal>/.cache should be used.
     </para>
   </sect1>