From 74c832ebbcd2b713fba2ad51f8e8481c1607f71a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Osterlund Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:21:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document working directory for engine processes --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dd68bf4..2738bb4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ party UCI engines: * Go to *Left drawer menu* -> *Manage Chess Engines* -> *Select Chess Engine* and select the engine to use. +External engines are started with the current working directory set to +`DroidFish/uci/logs` on the external storage. This is useful for engines that +expect to find data files in a path relative to the current directory. + *Hint!* There are many free chess engines compiled for Android that can be downloaded from the internet. How to find such engines is outside the scope of this document.