Moving my DAZ "content"

[mathmathou]

Hello all,

As suggested in the title, I'd like to move my content library (and all non directly related to the application folders) to another drive. My C is getting cultured with "other things" and I'd like to migrate to my D drive some 50 Gb (not that much compared to some of you lol) to my D drive.

Before messing everything, I'd like confirmation that the highlighted folders in the coming screen shots are what I need to modify in order for my DAZ setup to continue working properly

Thanks in advance and have a good day

Math

[mathmathou]

Never mind, I figured it out

[Ethiopia]

I've always made it a point to have every program put it's shit on another drive. I have a BIG HDD for all this crap. While it might make loading stuff a bit slower, it keeps the program folders 'clean'. It's a bit of a shock how fast Daz gathers content. It's as if some mysterious force keeps adding items you probably won't use.

[Abad]

make a copy of C:\Users\Public\Documents\Install Manager\ManifestFiles (Like ManifestFilesOLD..) -Or your path for the .dsx files.
Your "Install Manager" install, par example in C:\My daz library...
YOU NEED RENAME to the new path ALL the .dsx.
Easy task wuith "Renamer", in http://www.den4b.com/products/renamer
Just, add the folder, add the rule YOUR ACTUAL PATH to THE NEW PATH... a clik in "rename" button.
Then, Install Managar can unistall any content..
See a .dsx file in any tet editor, and see the line with "<UserInstallPath VALUE="

Although I think this only works for the name of the files... Otherwise, you will have to edit the path if you want to uninstall a particular content...

Or create a "bacth" in python...

[Abad]

Maybe, some like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4128144/replace-string-within-file-contents...
BUT, You must have some knowledge about Python... the language, and, of course, isntall in your OS...
his is the point....
Just https://www.python.org/downloads/

Seemed complicated... It's very easy to learn Python, not before Daz's .dsa/dse, with a mixture of Json and his "fucking Dson bitches..."

[gts6]

Why do all that, just about any text editor has find & replace features built in.

[Abad]

@gts6, perhaps, Notepad ++, open all (or a partial selection..) and menu/search/replace...
Then, "Save all.."...I think is a good option...
BUT BEFORE...a copy!

[SkippyTheMeh]

You can do it using the command line. Back in the days of Windows 95 and when migrating from Novell Netware to WinNT servers, I once had to change the contents of several tens of thousands of files. That was like 25+ years ago though and I can't remember the details, apart from it being a right pain in the proverbial to get it working.

ChatGPT thinks this might work:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set "searchPattern=*.dsx"
set "outputFile=output.txt"

rem Iterate over each file with the specified suffix
for %%F in ("%searchPattern%") do (
    set "inputFile=%%F"

    rem Create a temporary output file
    set "tempFile=!inputFile!.temp"

    rem Iterate over each line in the input file
    for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("!inputFile!") do (
        rem Modify the line using awk command
        for /f "delims=" %%b in ('echo %%a ^| awk "{gsub(/C:\\\\MY_RUNTIME/, \"D:\\\\MY_NEW_RUNTIME\"); print}"') do set "modifiedLine=%%b"

        rem Write the modified line to the temporary output file
        echo !modifiedLine! >> "!tempFile!"
    )

    rem Replace the original file with the temporary output file
    move /y "!tempFile!" "!inputFile!"
)

endlocal

But I've not tested it.

[Abad]

ChatGPT thinks? LOL

[mathmathou]

Wow... I thank you for all the technical answers but I just wanted to move my data folders
Don't worry, everything is fine and works normally and I reclaimed some space on my C.

Cheers

Math

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