# how to specify output directory?

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [May 10, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312 "2012-05-10T17:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dalton\_Porter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dalton\_Porter](https://community.zeek.org/u/Dalton_Porter)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312/1 "2012-05-10T17:56:43Z")

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Is there a way to specify the output dir when using just the bro 2.0 executable? I know how to do it when using broctl, but I was wondering if there is a way to do it outside of that. I don’t see a bro option for that using bro --help.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312/2 "2012-05-10T19:41:42Z")

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Bro always logs into the current directory, there's no way to change  
that other than cd'ing somewhere else first (that's what broctl does  
internally).

Robin

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**Author:** ![Bianco\_David\_GE\_Corp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bianco\_David\_GE\_Corp](https://community.zeek.org/u/Bianco_David_GE_Corp)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312/3 "2012-05-10T20:03:58Z")

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Which is a shame, btw. I +1 a request for a command line option to change the output directory.

&nbsp;&nbsp;David

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**Author:** ![Matthias\_Vallentin1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/matthias_vallentin1/32/596_2.png) [@Matthias\_Vallentin1](https://community.zeek.org/u/Matthias_Vallentin1)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312/4 "2012-05-10T22:44:19Z")

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> Which is a shame, btw. I +1 a request for a command line option to change the output directory.

The best way to help us remember such feature requests is by filing a  
ticket, and adding a +1 comment definitely helps to push it up the  
priority queue.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthias

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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, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/how-to-specify-output-directory/2312/5 "2022-05-06T15:40:20Z")

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