# Backup Directory for Omnicore VC

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-directory-for-omnicore-vc/12098>\
**Category:** OmniCore\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-directory-for-omnicore-vc/12098 "2025-12-03T19:59:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jbultman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jbultman](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/jbultman)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-directory-for-omnicore-vc/12098/1 "2025-12-03T19:59:55Z")

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I have a system input tied to a digital input to take a backup. I can only get the backup to work when the directory specified in the system input is _BACKUP_. I want to put it in the HOME directory, but no matter what I do, I cannot get that to work.

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**Author:** ![DenisFR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@DenisFR](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/DenisFR)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-directory-for-omnicore-vc/12098/2 "2025-12-04T11:14:04Z")

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Hello,  
If you put your Backup into Home, your next backup will contain it, and so on…

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**Author:** ![jbultman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jbultman](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/jbultman)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-directory-for-omnicore-vc/12098/3 "2025-12-04T13:43:05Z")

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Makes sense. I can’t seem to take a backup to any other location besides the BACKUP directory though. I can’t specify a path to my own directory at the same level as BACKUP. On IRC5s, the path “SYSTEM:custom-directory” was valid for backups taken via system input, but that doesn’t seem to work on omnicore. At least not for virtual controllers.

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**Author:** ![jbultman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jbultman](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/jbultman)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-directory-for-omnicore-vc/12098/4 "2025-12-04T13:44:29Z")

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I’m forced to put my rapid modules in the HOME directory because I can’t seem to access any directories at the SYSTEM level besides HOME, BACKUP, and maybe TEMP.