nix XDG folder names and home directory as variables You can access to the XDG folder names and home directory by having config as parameter: { config, ... }: { somePackage = { # Interpolates into ~/some/file.txt someOptionThatNeedsHomeDirectory = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/some/file.txt"; # Interpolates into ~/.config/some/file.txt someOptionThatNeedsXdgConfigFolderName = "${config.xdg.configHome}/some/file.txt"; # Interpolates into ~/.local/share/some/file.txt someOptionThatNeedsXdgDataFolderName = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/some/file.txt"; # Interpolates into ~/.cache/some/file.txt someOptionThatNeedsXdgCacheFolderName = "${config.xdg.cacheHome}/some/file.txt"; # Interpolates into ~/Music/some/file.txt # See https://home-manager-options.extranix.com/?query=xdg.userDirs&release=master for the exhaustive list of userDirs. someOptionThatNeedsXdgUserDirs = "${config.xdg.userDirs.music}/some/file.txt"; }; }