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Diffstat (limited to 'basedir')
| -rw-r--r-- | basedir/basedir-spec.xml | 19 |
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> |