[GH-ISSUE #346] Question: Is it possible to change the repository directory? #249

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opened 2026-03-01 14:41:49 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @winteriscariot on GitHub (Jun 6, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/346

By default archivebox dumps archives into the default repository directory, which is $HOME/.archivebox. I would like to change this so I can store my archives on my much larger data drive, instead of my small SSD that hosts my OS. I know I can create a symlink from the data drive to $HOME/.archivebox. but I was wondering if there was maybe a cleaner way of doing this. The output directory option in config settings seems to only change the directory within the repo dir (~/.archivebox) and doesn't actually change the location it's being saved to.

Is there any way to change the repository directory through a config option?

Originally created by @winteriscariot on GitHub (Jun 6, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/346 By default archivebox dumps archives into the default repository directory, which is $HOME/.archivebox. I would like to change this so I can store my archives on my much larger data drive, instead of my small SSD that hosts my OS. I know I can create a symlink from the data drive to $HOME/.archivebox. but I was wondering if there was maybe a cleaner way of doing this. The output directory option in config settings seems to only change the directory _within_ the repo dir (~/.archivebox) and doesn't actually change the location it's being saved to. Is there any way to change the repository directory through a config option?