all user files are now stored in one directory, by default trilium-data in users home directory

app.js

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ const recentChangesApiRoute = require('./routes/api/recent_changes');
 const settingsApiRoute = require('./routes/api/settings');
 const passwordApiRoute = require('./routes/api/password');
 const migrationApiRoute = require('./routes/api/migration');
+const dataDir = require('./services/data_dir');
 
 const db = require('sqlite');
 
 const config = require('./services/config');
 
-db.open(config.Document.documentPath, { Promise });
+db.open(dataDir.DOCUMENT_PATH, { Promise });
 
 const app = express();
 

services/backup.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const utils = require('./utils');
 const sql = require('./sql');
 const config = require('./config');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const dataDir = require('./data_dir');
 
 async function regularBackup() {
     const now = utils.nowTimestamp();
@@ -19,12 +20,15 @@ async function regularBackup() {
 async function backupNow() {
     const now = utils.nowTimestamp();
 
-    const document_path = config.Document.documentPath;
     const backup_directory = config.Backup.backupDirectory;
 
     const date_str = new Date().toISOString().substr(0, 19);
 
-    fs.copySync(document_path, backup_directory + "/" + "backup-" + date_str + ".db");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir.BACKUP_DIR)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dataDir.BACKUP_DIR, 0o700);
+    }
+
+    fs.copySync(dataDir.DOCUMENT_PATH, dataDir.BACKUP_DIR + "/" + "backup-" + date_str + ".db");
 
     await sql.setOption('last_backup_date', now);
     //await sql.commit();
@@ -32,9 +36,8 @@ async function backupNow() {
 
 async function cleanupOldBackups() {
     const now = new Date();
-    const backupDirectory = config.Backup.backupDirectory;
 
-    fs.readdirSync(backupDirectory).forEach(file => {
+    fs.readdirSync(dataDir.BACKUP_DIR).forEach(file => {
         const match = file.match(/backup-([0-9 -:]+)\.db/);
 
         if (match) {
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ async function cleanupOldBackups() {
             if (now.getTime() - date.getTime() > 30 * 24 * 3600 * 1000) {
                 console.log("Removing old backup - " + file);
 
-                fs.unlink(backupDirectory + "/" + file);
+                fs.unlink(dataDir.BACKUP_DIR + "/" + file);
             }
         }
     });

services/config.js

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const ini = require('ini');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const dataDir = require('./data_dir');
 
-const config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync('config.ini', 'utf-8'));
+const config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataDir.TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + '/config.ini', 'utf-8'));
 
 module.exports = config;

services/data_dir.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const os = require('os');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const TRILIUM_DATA_DIR = process.env.TRILIUM_DATA_DIR || os.homedir() + "/trilium-data";
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(TRILIUM_DATA_DIR)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(TRILIUM_DATA_DIR, 0o700);
+}
+
+const DOCUMENT_PATH = TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + "/document.db";
+const BACKUP_DIR = TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + "/backup";
+
+module.exports = {
+    TRILIUM_DATA_DIR,
+    DOCUMENT_PATH,
+    BACKUP_DIR
+};