| Option Category | # # CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS # |
| Description | This is the path where MAME stores it's XML based config files for each system. These files store settings changed in the internal user interface and are often not available in normal ini files. Multiple paths can be added by using the (;) separator. Paths with spaces in them need to have quotes ("") around them. e.g. "C:\Mame\My Configs" |
| Full Command | -cfg_directory <path> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64.exe -cfg_directory C:\Mame\Configsmame64.exe -cfg_directory C:\Mame\Configs;"C:\Mame\My Configs" |
| mame.ini Command | cfg_directory |
| Command Default | cfg |
| Argument Format | <path>;<path> ... |