Can't set APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR in Electron

[andreysamode]

Hello,

When I build an Electron app and run it, I get the following error:

Uncaught (in promise) Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir '/apify_storage/datasets'
    at Object.mkdirSync (fs.js:823)
    at Object.module.exports.makeDirSync (/Users/name/Projects/Crawler/dist/mac/Crawler.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/make-dir.js:101)
    at ApifyStorageLocal._ensureDatasetDir (/Users/name/Projects/Crawler/dist/mac/Crawler.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/@apify/storage-local/dist/index.js:159)
    at ApifyStorageLocal.dataset (/Users/name/Projects/Crawler/dist/mac/Crawler.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/@apify/storage-local/dist/index.js:112)
    at StorageManager._getOrCreateStorage (node_modules/apify/build/storages/storage_manager.js:103)
    at StorageManager.openStorage (node_modules/apify/build/storages/storage_manager.js:54)
    at Object.openDataset (node_modules/apify/build/storages/dataset.js:408)

If I run it using "npm start", it seems to work and creates the storage directory right in the root folder (ignoring the APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR variable).

I tried to set APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR using this:

`process.env.APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR = '/path-to-apify-storage';

... and this:

exec('export APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR="/path-to-apify-storage";');

... and even straight-up command line:

export APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR="/path-to-apify-storage";

Unfortunately, Apify.openDataset() seems to ignore it.

Any ideas on how to get it to register the environment variable or perhaps specify the storage location in some other way?

Thanks.

[szmarczak]

Does the issue still persist on apify@2?