Correct way of moving notes directory

atomtm · 2020-04-22T09:53:16.054Z

Hello everyone !
To start Joplin I am using the --profile switch like this :
/home/atomtm/Applications/Joplin.AppImage --profile ~/jop. I have also setup Joplin to synchronize to pcloud through WebDav.
Now I want to change my local storage directory , but I want to make sure that just by copying pasting nothing breaks/ gets lost.
Are there any best practices?

tessus · 2020-04-22T14:10:43.192Z

Make a backup
Exit Joplin (really exit Joplin. do not only close the main window.)

cp -a ~/jop /new/path/here
/home/atomtm/Applications/Joplin.AppImage --profile /new/path/here

Start Joplin

bedwardly-down · 2020-04-22T16:25:01.165Z

I didn't even know that -a was a thing. Does that preserve permissions or straight up archive it like a zip file? The help dialogue doesn't really explain it well.

EDIT: Did a test and it just preserves the permissions. Super helpful. Thanks.

Also, I would make that an -av if @atomtm wants to see the output and make sure everything copies properly.

tessus · 2020-04-22T17:39:07.546Z

bedwardly-down:

Also, I would make that an -av if @atomtm wants to see the output and make sure everything copies properly.

In that case rsync is a better solution.

Also, cp would return a non-zero code, if something did not work during the copy process. e.g. I see the return code of the last command in my prompt....

atomtm · 2020-04-23T04:59:31.441Z

Thank you very much @tessus .That worked great !