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nix/doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/user-profile-link.md
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# User profile link
A symbolic link to the user's current profile.
- `~/.nix-profile`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
By default, this symlink points to:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/default` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root`
The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user.
The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default.
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories