--- title: "Document Automation Server: Directory overview" canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/autobahn-dx-directories/" md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/autobahn-dx-directories.md" last_updated: "2026-05-23T00:08:18.011Z" description: "Discover the subdirectories created during PDF Junction installation for effective document automation management." --- # Explore document automation server directories After installation, the following subdirectories are created in the PDF Junction installation directory: | Directory | Contents | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **bin** | Executables, DLLs, and WSH files. | | **code examples** | Sample API and command-line projects. | | **config** | `Nutrient DAS.config` | | **custom** | Contains the custom script files. | | **logs** | The default location for log files is `logs/%JOBID%/%DATESTAMP%.txt`. | | **distribution** | Contains applications used to execute some Nutrient DAS jobs. | | **jobdef** | Contains the job definition files. | | **jobdef\_copy** | When Nutrient DAS starts, it checks all the job definitions and upgrades them to the current version. This folder contains the previous versions of the job definitions. A new, clean installation will upgrade the two example files included in the installer. | | **jobstatus** | Contains the job status files. | | **steptype** | Contains the step type definition files. | | **samples** | Contains the sample documents. | | **work** | Default work directory. Subdirectories are created as required underneath this directory and named `9999/work1`, `9999/work2`, and so on, where `9999` is the job ID. | | **temp** | The default directory for temporary files. | | **license** | Contains `key.txt`, which holds the license key. | | **docs** | Includes the Nutrient DAS reference guide and release notes. | --- ## Related pages - [Comprehensive guide to document automation servers](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/acknowledgments.md) - [Essential configuration files for Document Automation Server](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/autobahn-dx-configuration-files.md) - [Efficiently execute jobs with the DAS .NET API](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/autobahn-dx-net-api.md) - [Streamline your document processing jobs](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/autobahn-dx-quick-start.md) - [Streamline PDF management with advanced automation](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/dascontentextraction-kingfisher-job-step.md) - [Split and rename PDF files using barcode detection](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/barcode-support.md) - [Optimizing load balancing with distributed polling](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/distributed-polling.md) - [Enhanced cloud OCR capabilities for text recognition](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/cloud-ocr.md) - [Enhance document processing with the .NET SDK](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/gdpicture-additional-steps.md) - [Streamline your document conversion processes](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion.md) - [Managing Windows file name length in DAS](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/file-name-length.md) - [Essential document automation server installation guide](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/installation-and-licensing.md) - [Enhance document processing with multicore support](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/multicore-support.md) - [Streamline document automation with XML job definitions](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/job-definition-xml-files.md) - [Extract key-value pairs from PDFs to JSON](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/pdf-recognition-to-json-job-step.md) - [Optimize OCR with advanced preprocessing options](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/ocr-properties-file-and-the-advanced-pre-processing-option.md) - [Streamline document processing with automation](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/product-overview-and-concepts.md) - [Automate document processing with custom scripts](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/scripting-custom-steps.md) - [Effortlessly convert files to PDF with ToPDF](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/topdf-bcl-easypdf.md) - [Upgrade Document Automation Server](/guides/document-automation-server/document-conversion/release-notes.md)