# How to access files outside home folder (VSCode remote)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [December 28, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505 "2020-12-28T12:30:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luapulu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luapulu/32/17669_2.png) [@Luapulu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luapulu)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505/1 "2020-12-28T12:30:41Z")

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So, I’m connected to a remote server via ssh in VSCode. Problem is, I can’t access files outside my (remote) home directory from the juia REPL. When I copy files into my home directory I can access them.

I assume this is something similar to hoy jupyter servers can’t access files outside their base directory. Anybody know how can I fix it for VSCode?

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**Author:** ![galihaktan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@galihaktan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/galihaktan)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505/2 "2020-12-28T13:10:30Z")

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did you try to type semicolon on a new line in REPL? this way you can change to shell and then change the directory.

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**Author:** ![Luapulu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luapulu/32/17669_2.png) [@Luapulu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luapulu)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505/3 "2020-12-28T14:05:16Z")

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So, that works. I have no idea why changing directory would matter if I enter an absolute path. But hey, for whatever reason that works…