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<div id="backlink"><a href="help.html">Back to main help page</a></div>
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<h1><a name="top">Guide: Chatty directories and files</a></h1>
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<p>
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<a href="#files">Files/Directory structure</a> |
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<a href="#backup">Backup</a>
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</p>
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<p>Learn what directories and files Chatty creates/uses.</p>
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<h2><a name="files">Files/Directory structure</a></h2>
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<h3>Settings Directory</h3>
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<p>The settings directory by default is in your user home directory in a
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subfolder called <code>.chatty</code>. If you use the <code>-cd</code>
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commandline parameter, then the settings directory is the current Working
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Directory.</p>
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<p>You can use commandline parameters by <a href="help-guide_create_shortcut.html">creating a shortcut</a> and setting the
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target to something like <code>javaw.exe -jar "D:\Chatty\Chatty.jar" -cd</code>.</p>
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<p>Use the command <code>/dir</code> to display and <code>/openDir</code> to
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open the Settings Directory.</p>
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<table class="filesT">
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<tr>
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<td><settings directory></td>
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<td></td>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- backup</td>
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<td class="fileCommentFolder">[Folder]</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>| |-- backup_x_<filename></td>
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<td class="fileComment">Setting backups</td>
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</tr>
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<td>| |-- backup_meta</td>
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<td class="fileComment">Backups meta (last backup, numbering)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- cache</td>
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<td class="fileCommentFolder">[Folder]</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>| |-- <various cache files></td>
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<td class="fileComment">Cached emotes/image files</td>
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</tr>
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<td>|-- exported</td>
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<td class="fileCommentFolder">[Folder] Files intended to be read
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by the user</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>| |-- stream_highlights.txt</td>
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<td class="fileComment">Recorded stream highlights</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- logs</td>
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<td class="fileCommentFolder">[Folder]</td>
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</tr>
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<td>| |-- <channel>.log</td>
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<td class="fileComment">Chat log files</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- addressbook</td>
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<td class="fileComment">[Settings] Addressbook entries</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- login</td>
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<td class="fileComment">[Settings] Your login data (keep this secure)</td>
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</tr>
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<td>|-- favoritesAndHistory</td>
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<td class="fileComment">[Settings] Channel History/Favorites</td>
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</tr>
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<td>|-- settings</td>
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<td class="fileComment">[Settings] Main Settings File</td>
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<td>|-- statusPresets</td>
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<td class="fileComment">[Settings] Stream Title/Game presets (Admin Dialog)</td>
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</tr>
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<td>|-- debug_session.log.x</td>
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<td class="fileComment">Last session debug log (overwritten every run)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- debugx.log.x</td>
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<td class="fileComment">Rotating debug log</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- debug_ircx.log.x</td>
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<td class="fileComment">Rotating raw IRC log (only if enabled)</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h3><a name="wdir">Working Directory</a></h3>
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<p>This directory is associated with Chatty when you start it. This is usually
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the directory the program is started from. If you created a shortcut to start
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Chatty with, this may point to the Java-executable instead of Chatty itself,
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which can lead to errors. In Windows, you can change the Working Directory
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in the shortcut settings by changing what is defined under <code>Run in</code>.
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Make sure this points to the same folder the <code>Chatty.jar</code> is in
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(or something else if you want to customize it, just make sure the files you
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need are there).</p>
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<p>Use the command <code>/wdir</code> to display and <code>/openWdir</code>
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to open the Working Directory.</p>
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<table class="filesT">
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<tr>
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<td><working directory></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>|-- sounds</td>
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<td class="fileCommentFolder">[Folder] Sound files</td>
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</tr>
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<td>| |-- <sound>.wav</td>
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<td class="fileComment">.wav files</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- img</td>
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<td class="fileCommentFolder">[Folder] Image files for custom usericons</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>| |-- <various images></td>
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<td class="fileComment">.png files</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>|-- JIntellitype.dll</td>
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<td class="fileComment">DLL for global hotkey support</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h3>JAR Location</h3>
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<p>This is where the Chatty.jar is located and is used for loading libraries
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that Chatty uses.</p>
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<h2><a name="backup">Backup</a></h2>
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<p>Chatty performs an automatic backup (enabled by default) everytime it is
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started (if at least the number of days as defined in the settings have passed,
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by default one). It copies the setting files (except login) to the backup folder
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in the settings directory, increasing the numbering of the files with every
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backup. It only makes as many backups as defined in the settings and then
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starts over with the first number, rotating the files.</p>
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<p>This is supposed to make recovery of settings easier in case they are not
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read or written correctly and thus lost (which shouldn't usually
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happen). In that case you can manually copy/rename the lost files from
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a backup (just looks for the most recent one based on the change date
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that looks fine).</p>
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<p><em>If some settings are important to you this can help, but you
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shouldn't rely on it. Always make your own backups, best on a
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different device!</em></p>
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<h3>Restore backup</h3>
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<p>If you lost your setting files (or some of them) but still have
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a backup, you can manually copy the backup to restore it.</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Prepare & Locate Backup Folder
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<ul>
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<li>Make sure Chatty is not running. Settings are saved when
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Chatty is closed, so if you change setting files manually
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while it is running your manual changes would just be
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overwritten once you close Chatty.</li>
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<li>Enter <code>/openBackupDir</code> to open the Backup folder
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(or enter <code>/dir</code> and navigate to the Backup folder
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manually).</li>
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<li>There should be several files in the format <code>backup_x_<name></code>,
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these represent the separate batches of backups.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Find latest backup and rename
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<ul>
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<li>Sort the files by modification date in your file browser and
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choose the latest batch that seems like it might work (e.g.
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files that are not 0KB, although the addressbook might be if
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you never used it).</li>
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<li>Rename the files you want to restore from <code>backup_x_<name></code>
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to <code><name></code> (for example <code>backup_2_settings</code>
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to <code>settings</code>). You can ignore the <code>backup_meta</code> file.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Move renamed files
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<ul>
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<li>Copy or move the renamed files to the parent folder (the one
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you get from <code>/dir</code> or <code>/openDir</code> commands),
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overwriting any existing setting files.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>After you are done, start Chatty again and the settings
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should be restored.</li>
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</ol>
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