How to get and set the default output directory in Robot Framework(Ride) in Run time

Question

I would like to move all my output files to a custom location, to a Run directory created based on Date time during Run time. The output folder by datetime is created in the

Answer 1

You can use the following syntax in RIDE (Arguments:) to create the output in newfolders dynamically

--outputdir C:/AutomationLogs/%date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2% --timestampoutputs

The above syntax gives you the output in below folder:

Output:  C:\AutomationLogs\20151125\output-20151125-155017.xml
Log:     C:\AutomationLogs\20151125\log-20151125-155017.html
Report:  C:\AutomationLogs\20151125\report-20151125-155017.html

Hope this helps :)