• MaggiWuerze@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    Have a look here: [https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/blob/main/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres.yml](paperless-ngx docker-compose.yml)

    down under webserver: you change data:/usr/src/paperless/data to /path/to/where/you/wantorhave/your/files:/usr/src/paperless/data. Same for the media path and you’re done. paperless now uses a folder on your machine instead of a volume. If you want to be clean you will then also remove the volume declaration at the bottom of the file.

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      9 months ago

      i think OP wants it to leave their current files alone. But Paperless doesn’t work like that, it deletes the originals and arranges the files its own way.

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        9 months ago

        Paperless does support defining a folder structure that you can use to organize documents within that paperless media volume however you should treat it as read only.

        OP could use this as a way to keep their desired folder structure as much as possible, but it would have to be separate from the consumption folder.

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        I do want to leave my current files alone.

        Note: 8 months later and I invested the time into setting up Immich instead. Much better return on time investment.