Where is my Taverna home directory?

Given version 1.7.1 (replace where appropriate):

(Note: For versions earlier than 1.5.2, the Taverna home directory was just called "Taverna" without version number)

On Linux, this is a hidden directory in your home directory called .taverna-1.7.1

On Windows, this is a hidden directory in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Taverna-1.7.1 (XP) or C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Taverna-1.7.1 (Vista). To enable viewing of hidden directories so you can enter Application Data or AppData, click in Explorer menu (press Alt first) and go to View -> View options -> View -> Advanced -> Hidden files and directories.

On Mac OS X this is a directory Library/Application support/Taverna-1.7.1 under your home directory. Click in Finder on your username from Places, and then drill down through Library and Application support.

As of Taverna 1.5.2 the taverna home directory is primarily used for runtime information specific to that user, or configuration settings specific to that user. This is useful for installations within a multi-user environment. If this is not the case then most configurations can be modified by changing the files within the conf/ directory of the downloaded Taverna directory, what is called the Taverna startup directory

Customisation

The Taverna home directory can be overridden globally by setting -Dtaverna.home=/somewhere/else in runme.sh (Linux) / runme.bat (Windows). If you just want to avoid saving downloaded JAR files in the home directory of the user, you can override raven.repository in the mygrid.properties file instead.