Move location of client_secrets, etc for GAM-ADV-XTD3

[Carl Sundermann]

Hi all,

A couple years ago, when I set up GAM-ADVXTD3 on a Windows server, I got it running where it's been humming along nicely. I update it every now and then and it does what it needs to do. But I never really documented what I did...

So while trying to go back and create documentation for what this is doing and how it's set up, I'm realizing I have two locations where the files are for my installation:

My main folder where the executable file is kept is here:

C:\Data\AutomatedChromebookMoves\GAMADV-XTD3

Yet my client_secrets.json, oauth2.txt, gamcache folder, etc are found here:

C:\Users\sundermannc\.gam

Now, I'm sure this was an error that my "past self" made, so I've already scolded my "past self". But now I want to fix this.  I'd like everything in that main folder location so that this becomes a "self contained folder", for the inevitable day when we update/move/change servers, and just to keep it nice and tidy.

How do I properly go about moving these files so the GAM installation knows where to find them?  (I think Standard GAM puts everything in one folder anyway, but unfortunately I can't use Standard GAM due to what this GAM is doing for me.)

Thanks all,

Carl

[Ross Scroggs]

Carl,

See: https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3/wiki/How-to-Install-Advanced-GAM#windows

For Windows, the documenttion describes the following folders.

C:\GAMADV-XTD3 - The executable folder

  * This folder should be on your system path

C:\GamConfig - The configuration folder; gam.cfg, client_secrets.json, oauth2service.json, oauth2.txt, gamcache, .... 

  * This folder is referenced by the system environment variable GAMCFGDIR

  * This folder is referenced in gam.cfg as config_dir

  * The cache folder is referenced in gam.cfg as cache_dir

  * This what you have in C:\Users\sundermannc\.gam

C:\GamWork - The working folder, scripts, CSV files, log files, notes

  * This folder is referenced in gam.cfg as drive_dir

Here is a one main folder alternative

C:\GAM

  C:\GAM\Binary - The executable folder

    * This folder should be on your system path

  C:\GAM\Config - The configutation folder

    * This folder is referenced by the system environment variable GAMCFGDIR

    * This folder is referenced in gam.cfg as config_dir

  C:\GAM\Cache - The cache folder

    * This folder is referenced in gam.cfg as cache_dir

  C:\GAM\Work - The working folde

    * This folder is referenced in gam.cfg as drive_dir

Copy the contents C:\Users\sundermannc\.gam as deired, update the references in gam.cfg

Ross

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[Carl Sundermann]

Thank you for the assist, Ross!  This all worked beautifully.  Cheers.

-Carl