# Save file locally scheduled

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/save-file-locally-scheduled/59898>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/save-file-locally-scheduled/59898 "2022-05-23T09:02:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/save-file-locally-scheduled/59898/7 "2022-05-25T17:30:21Z")

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It can be done in Ignition.

First map your network drive:

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Mapping+a+Network+Drive](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Mapping+a+Network+Drive)

Then use a gateway timer script to copy the files from the gateway to the other PC:

> [@Gateway scoped mapped drive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-scoped-mapped-drive/20483):
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> I have a script to move files from one mapped drive to another, works fine in script console. Running as a gateway timer script, it doesn’t. I’ve changed the Ignition service to run under my domain user account that I’m logged into the SCADA workstation as. Looking at the post above, the 2nd part of the suggestion is to not use “:P\” but use explicit “\\computername\foldername\” However, the machine I am writing to (archive path) is not on the domain, this is why I went for a mapped drive …

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