Set the hex.docs offline directory

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Now I work on Linux. When I run mix hex.docs offline pkg-name the docs have download to ~/.hex/docs/
But browser can not the read the file in a hide directory. So, my question is **can I set the download directory?

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I found the following article: Use hex.docs locally - DEV Community

I am not sure if that will solve your problem, hopefully yes.

Have a good one over there.

–
Caleb

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You can set the HEX_HOME environment variable to control where the docs are downloaded to:

$ HEX_HOME=/tmp mix hex.docs offline scenic
Docs fetched: /tmp/docs/hexpm/scenic/0.11.1

Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/hex/Mix.Tasks.Hex.Config.htmlw

Although I’m surprised your browser isn’t able to read ~/.hex, maybe it’s some sort of security rule.

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