Folder structures

There are three used paths:

• The user path: files are loaded from there and files can be saved there
• The global path, called "path_share": files are loaded from there
• The current path: usually it's your home folder

User path

If you use the minetest ppa, this path is ~/.minetest/.
Else if you use a self compiled minetest with "run in place", the user path is the global path.

Global path

If you use the minetest ppa, this path is /usr/share/minetest/.
Else if you use a self compiled minetest with "run in place", it is the path where minetest program is at ./bin/minetest.

minetest/
├── builtin/
├── client/
├── fonts/
├── games/
│   ├── minetest_game/
│   └── minimal/
├── locale/
├── testsounds/
└── textures/
    └── base/
        └── pack/

Current path

If you run minetest in a terminal, the current path is the path where you were starting minetest.
Else if you don't run it via a terminal, if you start it in the startmenu of your os, the path is ~/, else (self compiled) it is the place where idk

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