[PATHS]
-SERVICEHOME = ~/.gnunet/
-# SERVICEHOME = /var/lib/gnunet/
+# The PATHS section is special, as filenames including $-expression are
+# expanded using the values from PATHS or the system environment (PATHS
+# is checked first). GNUnet also supports expanding $-expressions using
+# defaults with the syntax "${VAR:-default}". Here, "default" can again
+# be a $-expression.
+#
+# We usually want $HOME for $GNUNET_HOME, but we allow testcases to
+# easily override this by setting $GNUNET_TEST_HOME.
+#
+GNUNET_HOME = ${GNUNET_TEST_HOME:-$HOME}
+
+# see XDG Base Directory Specification at
+# http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+# for how these should be used.
+
+# Persistant data storage
+GNUNET_DATA_HOME = ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$GNUNET_HOME/.local/share}/gnunet/
+
+# Configuration files
+GNUNET_CONFIG_HOME = ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-GNUNET_HOME/.config/}gnunet/
+
+# Cached data, no big deal if lost
+GNUNET_CACHE_HOME = ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$GNUNET_HOME/.cache/}gnunet/
+
+# Runtime data (i.e UNIX domain sockets, locks, always lost on system boot)
+GNUNET_RUNTIME_DIR = ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-${TMPDIR:-${TMP:-/tmp}}}gnunet/
+
+# Legacy option...
+# GNUNET_TEST_HOME = ~/.gnunet/
+# GNUNET_TEST_HOME = /var/lib/gnunet/
+
# DEFAULTCONFIG = /etc/gnunet.conf
# If 'DEFAULTCONFIG' is not defined, the current
# configuration file is assumed to be the default,
# which is what we want by default...
+
[PEER]
-PRIVATE_KEY = $SERVICEHOME/private.ecc
+PRIVATE_KEY = $GNUNET_DATA_HOME/private_key.ecc
-[client]
-HOME = $SERVICEHOME
[TESTING]
SPEEDUP_INTERVAL = 0 ms