# Changing location of log files

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/changing-location-of-log-files/4285>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [August 4, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/changing-location-of-log-files/4285 "2016-08-04T04:52:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aneela\_Safdar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Aneela\_Safdar](https://community.zeek.org/u/Aneela_Safdar)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/changing-location-of-log-files/4285/1 "2016-08-04T04:52:54Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way I could change the default location of log files. I am interested in some of the bro generated logs and was wondering if I could make them being create and update in a separate directory instead of ‘current’?

Regards,

Aneela Safdar

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/changing-location-of-log-files/4285/2 "2022-05-06T15:43:55Z")

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