### Author:  [@RogerP](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RogerP)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-choice-of-startup-jl-files/31754/1 "2019-12-02T13:54:54Z")
It would be nice if the command `julia --startup-file{yes|no}` could be modified to `julia --startup-file{filename.jl}`. I realise that I can do `julia -L ` but that, surely, is for a different purpose.
There is a case for having a choice of `startup.jl` files IMHO. Is there a way of doing this? Thx.
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-choice-of-startup-jl-files/31754/2 "2019-12-02T15:05:35Z")
I think that you can set `DEPOT_PATH` now to a different directory (with 1.3). See
[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/31682](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/31682)
This still does not allow arbitrary _filenames_, but offers some customization.
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### Author:  [@non-Jedi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/non-Jedi)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-choice-of-startup-jl-files/31754/3 "2019-12-02T15:33:21Z")
As an alternative solution depending on what you want to do, you can run any arbitrary julia file before starting a REPL by just using Julia to execute the file as a script with the `-i` flag to start a REPL afterward.
```julia
❯ echo 'println("hello world")' > example.jl
~
❯ julia --startup-file=no -i example.jl
hello world
_
_ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
(_) | (_) (_) |
_ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
| | | | | | |/ _` | |
| | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.2.0 (2019-08-20)
_/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| |
|__/ |
julia>
```
I think the startup file might be run earlier than the script, so this might not be a drop-in solution depending on what you’re doing.
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### Author:  [@RogerP](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RogerP)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-choice-of-startup-jl-files/31754/4 "2019-12-03T08:04:32Z")
Many thanks both!
@Tamas_Papp I didn’t know about DEPOT\_PATH – sounds like a good idea.
@non-Jedi I’ll experiment with a semi-blank `start_up.jl` that does an `include()` depending on a choice.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-choice-of-startup-jl-files/31754/5 "2019-12-03T08:45:53Z")
Workarounds may help you in the short run, but I think that being able to specify a custom startup file path (with arbitrary filenames) is a reasonable feature request.
Please check if there is an existing issue and consider opening one.
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### Author:  [@RogerP](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RogerP)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-choice-of-startup-jl-files/31754/6 "2019-12-04T09:11:27Z")
@Tamas_Papp It’s probably too trivial for a feature request. My `startup.jl` now just contains:
```julia
println(" Enter configuration file")
confFile = readline()
include(confFile)
```
which seems to do what I want.