Hi folks,
I am trying to clean up my user home directory on my Linux system.
And I am simply trying to change the location MakeMKV uses instead of ~/.MakeMKV/ as my user home is full of files that simply do not belong there, including the directory by MakeMKV.
I can see in the MakeMKV settings, that I can change the data directory, but that's not enough.
Most apps provide a environment variable that can be set, and it would be very nice if MakeMKV also has one.
Does anybody know something about that?
Thanks and have a nice day!
Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?
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Re: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?
The variable HOME will set the directory where .MakeMKV will be found. I don't think there's any way to change the name for .MakeMKV itself. A few other external libs also seem to reference that variable, so don't be surprised if other dot folders show up alongside it.
Re: Env-Var to move ~/.MakeMKV/ directory?
Makemkv doesn't need to pollute the environment. Try using a script to define HOME=/what/ever then start makemkv.
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#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /home/$USER/apps
HOME=/home/$USER/apps
makemkv