# Where to find this charmming start.jl file from my julia installation path?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [October 4, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484 "2019-10-04T12:08:49Z")
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### Author:  [@bsnyh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bsnyh)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484/1 "2019-10-04T12:08:49Z")
Hi. I was trying to locate this start.jl file. From software Atom, after clicking Julia pane, and then open julia home, I got this .julia location
 Then, I tried open startup file pane, and nothing happened.
I search through this location and did not find any start.jl file… Sigh. This really confuses me.
I tried to search through the internet, and managed to find this start.jl file in the julia installation path. Still, it is really confusing.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@bsnyh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bsnyh)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484/2 "2019-10-04T12:16:14Z")
```julia
~$ find ~ -iname startup.jl
~/julia-1.0.3/etc/julia/startup.jl
~/.julia/packages/PyCall/RQjD7/src/startup.jl
~/.julia/packages/PyCall/ttONZ/src/startup.jl
~/.julia/packages/PyCall/a5Jd3/src/startup.jl
~/julia-1.1.0/etc/julia/startup.jl
```
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484/3 "2019-10-04T12:16:29Z")
I’m not really sure what you mean but if you mean the `startup.jl` file that runs automatically when julia starts you should put in in `.julia/config`. (create the folder if it doesn’t exist).
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### Author:  [@bsnyh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bsnyh)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484/4 "2019-10-04T12:18:25Z")
Searched this startup.jl file, and it looks like I do not have this .julia/config folder… So I can create the folder and copy startup.jl file from I guess, this
```julia
/home/devel/julia-1.0.3/etc/julia/startup.jl
```
location?
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484/5 "2019-10-04T12:23:04Z")
Why do you want to copy another startup file? It’s just a normal julia file, just put what you want in it.
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### Author:  [@bsnyh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bsnyh)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-find-this-charmming-start-jl-file-from-my-julia-installation-path/29484/6 "2019-10-04T12:25:24Z")
I see. I did copy, and it is an empty file indeed…