Data Directory
The data directory of MyTourbook is located in the users home directory. MyTourbook runs on different platform and each platform has a different location to store data for a user.
The file config.ini in the application subdirectory configuration contains the location entry
@user.home/mytourbook or
@user.home/.mytourbook for Linux
which corresponds to these directories:
Platform |
Directory |
---|---|
Linux |
/home/<user name>/.mytourbook |
Mac OSX |
/Users/<user name>/mytourbook |
Windows |
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\mytourbook |
Windows 7+ |
C:\Users\<user name>\mytourbook |
WARNING - New Installations
The file config.ini can be modified to set another data folder location, however when a new version is installed, then this file will be overwritten with the default file.
config.ini Alternative
Instead of overwriting the value in config.ini, the data directory can also be set with a commandline pamameter, e.g.
"C:\Program Files\MyTourbook\mytourbook.exe" -data c:\mydata
further info is here
This page is updated for version 19.07