xdg-user-dirs-update

Update XDG user directories. More information: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/xdg-user-dirs-update.1.html.

  • 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"