Changes

* An empty <code>.basexhome</code> file can be created by added to a user directory to mark a folder it as [[#Home Directory|home directory]] ({{Mark|Introduced with Version 7.7}})

Note that, depending : * Depending on your OS and configuration, files and folders with a '.' prefix may be hidden.* In the [[Web Application]] context, options can be defined in the <code>web.xml</code> file.

As BaseX is distributed in different flavors, and as it may be started from different locations, it dynamically determines its home directory: * First, the '''Java system property''' {{Code|org.basex.path}} is checked. If it contains a value, it is chosen as directory path.* If not, the '''current user directory''' (defined by the system property {{Code|user.dir}}) is chosen if the {{Code|.basex}} or {{Code|.basexhome}} file is found in this directory. * If not, the '''application directory''' (the folder in which BaseX is located) is chosen if one of these two files is found in that directory.* In all other cases, a {{Code|basex}} subdirectory in the '''user home directory''' will be returned. The user home directory is retrieved via the {{Code|HOME}} environment variable, or (if unassigned) the Java system property {{Code|user.home}}.

* First, the '''system property''' {{Code|"org.basex.path"}} If BaseX is checked. If it contains used in an embedded environment (such as a servlet in a value[[Web Application]]), it is chosen as directory path.* If may not, the '''current user immediately be clear which directory''' (defined by the system property {{Code|"userwas chosen.dir"}}) is chosen if You can run the XQuery expression <code>Q{{Code|org.basex}} or {{Code|.basexhomeutil.Prop}} file is found in this directory. * Otherwise, the files are searched in the '''application directory''' HOMEDIR(the folder in which the BaseX )</code is located). * In all other cases, the '''user's home directory''' (defined in {{Code|"user.home"}}) is chosen> to find out.

A database in BaseX [[Databases]] consists of several binary files, which . These are all bundled located in a folder with directory named by the database name.If the user’s home directory has been chosen as base directory, of the database folders will be stored in a{{Code|BaseXData}} directory. Otherwise, the The database root directory will be is named {{Code|datdadata}}.

* Server/StandaloneGeneral: <code>[[Options#edit the {{Option|DBPATH}} option in the {{Code|SET DBPATH [path]]]</code>.basex}} configuration file '''Note:''' Existing databases will not automatically be moved to the new destination.

==User and Log Files==Global users, along with their passwords and permissions, are stored in the <code>.basexperm</code> file in the [[#Home Directory|home directory]]. Local users and permissions are stored inside the database files.Log files are stored in text format in the home directory a <code>BaseXData/.logs</code> sub-directory of the database folder (see [[Logging]] for more information).

* Updated: the The {{Code|.basexhome}} file marks a folder as [[#Home Directory|home directory]] [[Category: Internals]].