Mutable Directories

[joshperry]

For most modern operating systems applications are not allowed to modify paths under where there files are installed. They instead must only modify files under mutable directories, like appdata on windows, or .config on Linux.

I'm attempting to package heli-x on a Linux OS where directories beneath where it's installed are not mutable, I wonder if it is possible to add a parameter to heli-x to specify a directory, outside the installation directory, where downloadable file can be stored.

e.g the error I'm encountering:

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The directory could not be created:                                                                                                                      
/nix/store/8qqsjnhdx79k6asinx4bwmkpdv46s1k0-HELI-X/resources/Translation

In this particular case, NixOS does not allow directories under the installation to be modified (they are root-owned readonly).

[admin]

Yes. you can add options for the pathes resources and files in the start script:

-Djava.library.path="/...." -DheliX.path.resources="/...."

[joshperry]

Excellent! Thank you