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gnull
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Chromium doesn't respect XDG config, it always creates ~/Downloads directory on startup. It was so annoying, I hope this tool helps me fix it.
jwilk
on Feb 10, 2023
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AFAICS it does respect
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
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gnull
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I'm not using default settings, I changed XDG downloads setting in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.
gnull
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Update: the tool didn't help. It complains about being unable to run some SUID executable that Chromium calls. I'll have to keep removing the Downloads by hand then after each use of Chromium.
forgotpwd16
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Maybe change download location in chrome://settings/downloads to where you want?
gnull
on Feb 10, 2023
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I did. It still creates an empty ~/Downloads on each startup.
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