[Lubuntu] Permanently delete user Public folders?

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Sun Feb 24 12:51:58 UTC 2013


On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 03:44:19PM -0500, John Hupp wrote:
>    I understand that the Public folder for each user is a vestige of
>    other/older implementations that employed the Personal File Sharing tool
>    (gnome-user-share).  It gives the impression of being like a Windows
>    "Shared Documents folder but does not function as such.
> 
>    It can be deleted, but something restores it again.
> 
>    Does anyone know how to permanently delete this for each/all users?

I *think* you may find it's configured in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.

I hate all those directories like Desktop and Documents that appear
automatically and found that you have to edit this file to get rid of
them.

-- 
Chris Green



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