If you're doing the short path ".\data" then you need to be in the directory above data when launching. But, you probably knew that ...
-- Mark On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 12:49:00 PM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Ciao Jeremy > > I had a last stab after stumbling on some online comments... and found > this DOES work for Windows... > > C:\bag\PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\nw.exe --user-data-dir=C:\bag\ > PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\data > > The other options don't. So its still not portable in a way that I think > could be useful to have. > > Best wishes > Josiah > > > > > On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 20:13:57 UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >> Ciao Jeremy >> >> For the life of me I can't get this to work. I tried several ways on >> Windows. None worked. The data directory remains stubbornly in the default >> position. Here is what I tried (from most portable to least portable). >> >> I searched for an answer. I didn't find one yet. >> >> nw.exe --user-data-dir .\data >> >> C:\bag\PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\nw.exe --user-data-dir .\data >> >> C:\bag\PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\nw.exe --user-data-dir C:\bag\ >> PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\data >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, 8 February 2018 22:03:47 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >>> >>> Hi Josiah >>> >>> > ... I'm not entirely clear HOW to get those config files into a >>> sub-dir of: C:\bag\PortableApps\tiddlydesktop or whether it can accept >>> relative addressing so I can just put "bag" on a pendive and know it will >>> work the same? >>> >>> You should be able to do use the --user-data-dir switch like this: >>> >>> C:\bag\PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\nw.exe --user-data-dir >>> C:\bag\PortableApps\tiddlydesktop\data >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Jeremy. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/23371352-f011-49a8-be9b-74477043c907%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
