Two database instances under Windows

Usage Questions
1

Hi, I read the post about changing storage location but I would like to start Everdo with a different database folder as a second instance. That means not changing the config.json to redirect it somewhere else (ahtough useful for my work evironment), I want to store less important items in there that do not have to clutter up my database. Is there a possibility with a batch file to start Everdo with a path to a second database and config? I don’t need sync in that option, just a local database.

Thank you.

2

By default Everdo writes into a location that is determined by the operating system guidelines. I will see how much trouble is to support a custom data directory.

3

Hi Andrei, I was triggered by the method to use an environment variable. I would he helped if I could give a path to Everdo, or use an env-variable such as;

set EVERDO_DATA_HOME = "c:\user\jorgd\everdo_data"
Everdo.exe

It might be relatively easy this way. MLO2 uses multiple profiles to switch between various contexts which are totally unrelated to each other.

Thank you for looking into this.

4

Sure, it could be done like this or as command line arg.

5

I can now confirm that in the next desktop update there will be an option to specify the data directory as a command line argument. For example you will be able to launch two apps as simple as this

$ everdo --multiInstance 
$ everdo --multiInstance --dataDir /home/user/.config/everdo-2
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That is great news. Especially when I am working on a terminal server and I need to secure my tasks on a different location like a network share. It will also enable (I hope) cross platform usage where when I switch to my Linux machine I can access my tasks there as well. Thank you for implementing this.