Change anaconda ipython main directory

Question

I\'ve jus installed anaconda and I see that it wants me to save my documents in my documents/python scripts

But I\'d rather save everything in my dropbox for easy ba

Answer 1

You can change the default directory for notebooks. It can be done permanently in ipython notebook config files. Firstly, locate the ipython profile, in the cmdline, type:

$> ipython locate

Default profile location (using Anaconda) is: %USERNAME%\.ipython

then, in file ipython_notebook_config.py (if it's default profile go into folder \profile_default), uncommnet and edit line:

c.FileNotebookManager.notebook_dir = u'C:\\Users\\Lukasz\\Documents\\Github'

changing the my path to whatever path you like.

Really useful website is: http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/config/intro.html

After above step Ipython should start with proper path.

It works for me.