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dockland

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-06-06

Posts: 861

[solved] i3 - change default download dir

Being on i3 and downloading stuff it alway downloads to /home
How do i change the default download directory to ~/Downloads ? If it's a global setting anywhere.
Example, youtube-dl or is it possible it's application specific perhaps? I googled around a bit, but no straight answer around.

(without having to state it manually, if possible)

E: youtube-dl for example defaults to the current folder i'm in, so if i run the command from within ~/Downloads folder, it actually downloads to ~/Downloads so for that matter this thread is partly solved.

Last edited by dockland (2017-06-27 21:38:32)

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2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,648

Re: [solved] i3 - change default download dir

You can specify the download location for youtube-dl in its configuration file.
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/ … figuration

I have no idea if i3 has a global setting for download location, but I doubt it. That's not the kind of thing a window manager usually handles.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2017-06-27 20:05:07)

dockland

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-06-06

Posts: 861

Re: [solved] i3 - change default download dir

True. I'll mark this as solved. New to WM exclusively, and a head full of DE thinking

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I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man.
I use it to look at funny pictures of cats and to argue with strangers.