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How do I change the default NightWatchman backup directory?

April 26, 2017backup Default directory nightwatchman

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How do I change the default NightWatchman backup directory?

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Changing the backup directory is done by modifying the scripts that come with NightWatchman. The NwmScript.BackupDirectory variable returns the default location where the NightWatchman backups are to be saved. This directory is set by NightWatchman as: C:\documents and settings\\application data\1e\NightWatchman\ Where refers to the current user’s logon name. If you want to change the save location for the NightWatchman backups you should change the code that sets the dumpdir variable, as shown in the last line of the above code fragment, to a location of your own choosing. For example, the following code sets the dumpdir variable to point to another temporary location: dumpdir = “u:\temp” Note: this example specifies the use of the user mapped drive u:. You can of course set this to any mapped drive the user may have set up on their PC. The advantage of using a user mapped drive is that users of the PC will be able to keep their NightWatchman backup files separate