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---+ TWiki Files and Directories

This page documents the file and directory structure for the TWiki installation on this server.  Relevant only to those ServerPeople with SSH access.

See also: TWikiMods, TWikiPerms

---++ Flags

This page uses the following flags.

Letter flags indicate permissions needed by __the web server processes__:

| *Flag* | Meaning |
| N      | None needed (probably should have none) |
| R      | Read-only (plus execute of directories) |
| X      | Executable as CGI scripts, but not writable |
| W      | Writable normally |
| C      | Read-only normally, writable during configure |
| Z      | Read-only executable CGI during configure, denied normally |

Other flags:

| *Flag* | *Meaning* |
| *      | Directory is added/removed vs stock TWiki distribution |

---++ Directory Structure

| *Directory* | *Flags* | *Description* |
| =doc=       | N*      | basic admin docs and sample files (moved here from stock) |
| =bin=	      | X       | Perl CGI scripts |
| =lib=	      | R       | TWiki libraries + site config |
| =log=       | W*      | files written by TWiki, set in !LocalSite.cfg |
| =log/old=   | W*      | archived log files, done by =logrotate= and =gnhlug_maint= |
| =data=      | W       | TWiki pages (served by CGI scripts) |
| =pub=	      | W       | TWiki file attachments (served by web server) |
| =working=   | W       | TWiki temporary files | 
| =locale=    | R       | message catalogs for multiple languages |
| =misc=      | N       | sample files, merged to "doc"; directory removed |
| =static=    | R*      | static files, maintained outside of TWiki, aliased in Apache |
| =templates= | R       | used by scripts to generate HTML web pages | 
| =tools=     | N       | non-web maintenance scripts |
| =webroot=   | R*      | Apache !DocumentRoot, contains single "something is wrong" page |

---+++ Notable Files

| *Directory* | *File*          | *Flag* | *Description* |
| =bin=       | =LocalLib.cfg=  | R      | path to lib (directory with TWiki.pm) |
| =bin=       | =setlib.cfg=    | R      | FIXME |
| =bin=       | =configure=     | Z      | FIXME |
| =lib=       | =LocalSite.cfg= | C      | site configuration, written by configure |
| =lib=       | =TWiki.pm=      | R      | FIXME |
| =lib=       | =TWiki.spec=    | R      | FIXME |
| =log=       | =access=        | W      | FIXME |
| =log=       | =warn=          | W      | FIXME |
| =log=       | =config=        | W      | FIXME |
| =static=    | =favicon.ico=   | R      | FIXME |
| =static=    | =gnhlug.css=    | R      | FIXME |
| =static=    | =robots.txt=    | R      | FIXME |
| =tools=     | =fakecgi=       | N      | FIXME |
| =tools=     | =gnhlug_maint=  | N      | FIXME |
| =webroot=   | =index.html=    | R      | FIXME |

Topic revision: r1 - 2023-12-26 - BenScott

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