Alternative default folder path

dtxl · March 22, 2017, 4:40pm

Hi,

Concerning https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/4055. The -paths option shows where syncthing will create the default folder. Is it possible with the initial start of syncthing to create the default folder at an alternative path?

Thank you.

wweich · March 22, 2017, 4:58pm

You can use a script to start syncthing and inside that script set HomeDrive and HomePath as you like. This will then “override” what syncthing sees as ~.

github.com

syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/lib/osutil/osutil.go#L117


			if err != nil && !fs.IsNotExist(err) {
				return err
			}
		}
	}
	return f()
}


// copyFileContents copies the contents of the file named src to the file named
// by dst. The file will be created if it does not already exist. If the
// destination file exists, all its contents will be replaced by the contents
// of the source file.
func copyFileContents(filesystem fs.Filesystem, src, dst string) (err error) {
	in, err := filesystem.Open(src)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	defer in.Close()
	out, err := filesystem.Create(dst)
	if err != nil {
		return

calmh · March 22, 2017, 10:07pm

You can also set the environment variable “STNODEFAULTFOLDER” to prevent the creation of a default folder at all.

dtxl · March 23, 2017, 9:01am

Just to remark, I see that home (as filepath.Join(os.Getenv(“HomeDrive”), os.Getenv(“HomePath”))) should in my case be X:, but calling syncthing with -paths gives X:\\Sync as default sync folder directory. I wonder where the extra \ comes from.

One solution due to the choice of home in syncthing for Windows is to overwrite HomeDrive to be empty and HomePath with UserProfile. This works, and the default folder is then at %UserProfile%\Sync.

I also tried with STNODEFAULTFOLDER set in the batch file and it works, i.e. doesn’t create the default folder.

Thanks for your help.

dtxl · March 23, 2017, 9:15am

This is now a solution for an initial setup of syncthing with the default folder locally on a device. Due to the code snippet

if path == “~” { return getHomeDir() }

is there the possibility to set the ~ variable in syncthing to any other value, to prevent a new folder ~\wherever to be created at X:\wherever?

Thank you.

AudriusButkevicius · March 23, 2017, 9:42am

No, as ~ on all operating systems implies the home directory, which you seem to be overwriting and setting to X:\

system · April 22, 2017, 9:47am

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