.dir file in C:\ root

I noticed a .dir file with no filename kept popping up in the root of C:\, I used Process Monitor and noticed Serviio service was creating it. All the file contains is a timestamp and a big hash. Just curious what the purpose of this file is...I'm on Windows 8 but never noticed this on Windows 7.

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Not sure. Might be created by libRTMP to cache security hashes (but normally is under user's tmp folder)

Not sure. Might be created by libRTMP to cache security hashes (but normally is under user's tmp folder)

Interesting, not sure how that would get redirected to root of C:\, curious if other Windows 8 users see this.

Not sure. Might be created by libRTMP to cache security hashes (but normally is under user's tmp folder)

Interesting, not sure how that would get redirected to root of C:\, curious if other Windows 8 users see this.

Running win7 home premium i have this file. I didnt know where it came from

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It's there possibly because the user running the service doesn't have a 'home' directory?

It's there possibly because the user running the service doesn't have a 'home' directory?

It's running as SYSTEM under Windows so I guess that's possible, just not sure why I never saw it in the past.

I have this problem as well. There's a .dir file in C:\

When looking in the Serviio log I see this:

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2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] Serviio DLNA media streaming server v 1.0.1 (rev. 6dbf7c6e334f+)
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] Petr Nejedly 2009-2012
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] http://www.serviio.org
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer]
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] Java 1.7.0_05-Oracle Corporation
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] OS Windows 7 amd64 6.1
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] File encoding: windows-1252
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] Headless mode enabled: true
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] User home dir: C:\
2012-10-31 21:12:57,256 INFO  [MediaServer] Temp dir: C:\Windows\TEMP\

I assume it's going into C:\ because that's what the user home dir is? Is there a way to change the user home dir?

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try to set user.home system property

http://www.serviio.org/index.php?option ... e&id=21#q3

try to set user.home system property

http://www.serviio.org/index.php?option ... e&id=21#q3

What should I set it to? Would my temp folder be an ok place?

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set it to your user folder, i.e. /Users/username or Documents and Settings/username

Hi, I have also problem with dir file on my C drive. I tried edit ServiioService.exe.vmoptions and add there new line with /Users/username, but it not work for me

In my ServiioService.exe.vmoptions is this:

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-Xmx512m
user.home="/Users/michpo"

I also tried some modifications, for example "C:\Users\michpo", but also not work
Please can you help me?
Thanks.

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NOt sure if the above helps, it might be internal to librtmp. Is that such a problem the file is there?

Why the dir file is in root of C drive? For what is this file?
I like tidy on my drives. In older versions of Serviio this file was not on root of C drive. Why now yes?
I think that it will be better if the file will be in Serviio folder.

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Try to change the .vmoptions file to:

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-Xmx512m -Duser.home=/Users/michpo

Thanks for your reply. After this change I obtaining this error message: Cannot connect to Serviio server, it does not seem to be running. Exiting...
Serviio service not run, and if I want to start it, nothing happens

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Try this

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-Xmx512m -Duser.home="/Users/michpo"

If it still doesn't work, check the serviio.log

Still not working
When I try to run service from task manager, nothing happens. But if I try to run service from service window, then I obtain this error message: "Error 1067 : The Process terminated unexpectedly".
There is no information about this problem in serviio.log file.

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Ok, the -D has to go before -Xmx

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-Duser.home=/Users/michpo -Xmx512m

Nice! It works
Thanks mate.