---
name: "gspath"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnustep-base"
version: "1.31.1-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gspath"
---

# gspath(1)

Utility to display standard directory/path information

## NAME

gspath - Utility to display standard directory/path information

## SYNOPSIS

**gspath**

## DESCRIPTION

This utility can be used to print out a single directory or path in order for external applications to know what paths the GNUstep system is using. It was written to provide information for the GNUstep make package.

The **gspath** usility is called with exactly one argument, which determines what it prints.

## Arguments

To display the path to the defaults directory for the current user, use the **defaults** argument.

To display the directory search path needed to locate dynamic libraries, use the **libpath** argument.

To display the directory search path needed to locate command-line programs, use the **path** argument.

To display the GNUstep home directory of the current user, use the **user** argument.

## HISTORY

Work on **gspath** started July 2005.

This manual page first appeared in gnustep-base 1.11.1 (July 2005).

## AUTHORS

**gspath** was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald \<rfm@gnu.org\>.

This man page was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald \<rfm@gnu.org\>.