How to force a path to write a file outside of the sketch directory?

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SelectFolder is not suitable for me because it opens a window …
Thanks.

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You just need to give the fully qualified path of what you need to save eg if saving an image on linux to home directory:-

save("/home/tux/image.png");

You will of course need write permission.

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OK, thanks. I had to run as administrator

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Ideally you don’t want to be writing to a protected folder with admin rights, depending on your setup it may be safer to give yourself write access to a specific folder.