Joplin Desktop Version: 2.3.5 (Joplin.AppImage) OS: Linux Mint 20.2 (kernal: v5.4.0, cinnamon desktop v5.0.5) Joplin CLI version: 2.3.2 $ npm list -g ~/.npm/lib ├── joplin@2.3.2 └── npm@7.23.0 I've installed Joplin Desktop as described in the docs. wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/la…

Changing the profile path is possible, but not supported. [image] [Usage Question] Joplin Desktop App and CLI app coexistence Support This is not entirely accurate. Theroetically it is possible under the following conditions: The 2 apps must not run at the same time The…

It seems that symlinking the files works. I ran this and was able to run the joplin export commands I was looking for: cd $HOME/.config/joplin-desktop && for FILE in *; do ln -sf $HOME/.config/joplin-desktop/$FILE $HOME/.config/joplin/$FILE; done Any gotchas I need to be aware of using symlinks?

[image] brad: Any gotchas I need to be aware of using symlinks? Yes, you have a good chance of corrupting the database and losing data. 99% of the time you might remember not to run the cli and desktop app at the same time, but it only needs to happen once to cause some serious troubles.

Out of interest is there anything that could be done to mitigate that? I can't say I know much about sqlite but would it be possible to do something like have a flag set in the database to mark when a client is currently accessing it therefore preventing a second client from "connecting". Or is that…

[image] laurent: Yes, you have a good chance of corrupting the database and losing data. So, how can we run the CLI for exporting notes made by the desktop app? What's the official way?

They can use a common sync target, either local or remote

[image] Daeraxa: Out of interest is there anything that could be done to mitigate that? I can't say I know much about sqlite but would it be possible to do something like have a flag set in the database to mark when a client is currently accessing it therefore preventing a second client from "co…

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Changing the profile path is possible, but not supported.

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