Appendix B: Special folders

The cache folder

The Cache Folder on each ECC Client is used for two purposes:

To store copies of JobFiles for previous or currently running tasks

As the parent folder for The Working Folder (described below).

For Windows computers, the Cache Folder is read from the Registry on each ECC Client computer, from the 32-bit Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nuix\Nuix Enterprise Collection Center\Version 1.0\Client, value TempFolder, which is set when ECC Client is first installed.

Default cache folder on Windows Vista / Server 2008 and newer

C:\ProgramData\Nuix\Nuix Enterprise Collection Center\CcClient

Default cache folder (directory) on Linux 32-bit, Linux 64-bit, and macOS 64-bit

/usr/local/nuix/cache

The working folder

The Working Folder on each ECC Client is used for two purposes:

As the Current Directory for the command executed by a Launch Command task

As the Local Destination Folder for a Deploy Task

The Working Folder on each ECC Client is the Deploy sub-folder under The Cache Folder (described above). For example, the Working Folder, Current Directory and Deploy Destination on an ECC Client computer running Windows 7 is:

C:\ProgramData\Nuix\Nuix Enterprise Collection Center\CcClient\Deploy

Collect tasks can refer to the Working Folder on each ECC Client computer using the JobFile variable {ECC.WorkingFolder}.