XDG Base Directory Specification
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## XDG Base Directory Specification

### Waldo Bastian

`<bastian@kde.org>`

### Allison Karlitskaya

`<desrt@desrt.ca>`

### Lennart Poettering

`<lennart@poettering.net>`

### Johannes Löthberg

`<johannes@kyriasis.com>`

Version 0.8

08th May 2021

## 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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