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Follow XDG Base Directory standard
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@ -91,3 +91,16 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but
will increase runtime due to the overhead of garbage collection.
## XDG Base Directory
New Nix commands conform to the [XDG Base Directory Specification], and use the following environment variables to determine locations of various state and configuration files:
- [`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CONFIG_HOME} (default `~/.config`)
- [`XDG_STATE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_STATE_HOME} (default `~/.local/state`)
- [`XDG_CACHE_HOME`]{#env-XDG_CACHE_HOME} (default `~/.cache`)
Classic Nix commands can also be made to follow this standard using the [`use-xdg-base-directories`] configuration option.
[XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: ../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories