Relocating Intermediate, Saved, and Binaries folder outside Project Root. (UE5)

I am trying to figure out how to set the path of the Intermediate, Saved, and Binaries folder outside the root directory of my Project similar to how you set the path of the DDC.

I suspect that it can be done in the engine.ini file for the project, However i am unable to find any details.

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I have not found any documentation that covers the official way to change these paths.

In my case I needed to relocate them because I need the Project Files (CRITICAL DATA) backed up but NOT these caches (non-critical data).

My workaround was set the project folder to a local non-backed up location and then create symlinks for only the Config and Content subfolders to a folder that is backed up. This works for my situation because the backup process is local. I don’t think it’d work if you needed to store your projects on a network file share.

EPIC needs to fix this and provide a native, supported solution for relocating these project subfolders, but I suspect they won’t because they want you to use their revision control toolset. As an indie making a quick prototype, I’m just not there yet. If the prototype passes then maybe I’ll figure out their Zenserver thing.