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+#
+# Haiku setup for
+# XDG Base Directory Specification
+#
+# http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="`finddir B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`"
+
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="`finddir B_USER_NONPACKAGED_DATA_DIRECTORY`"
+
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="`finddir B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`"
+# XXX:B_USER_ETC_DIRECTORY?
+
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DATA_DIRECTORY`:\
+`finddir B_SYSTEM_DATA_DIRECTORY`"
+
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="`finddir B_USER_CACHE_DIRECTORY`"
+
+# XXX:TODO
+#export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="`finddir B_USER_VAR_DIRECTORY`/tmp"