XDG Base Directory Specification
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## XDG Base Directory Specification

### Waldo Bastian

`<bastian@kde.org>`

### Ryan Lortie

`<desrt@desrt.ca>`

### Lennart Poettering

`<lennart@poettering.net>`

Version 0.7

24th November 2010

## Introduction

Various specifications specify files and file formats. This specification defines where these files should be looked for by defining one or more base directories relative to which files should be located.

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