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/file is new/removed (vs stock TWiki distribution) |
| @ |
File is edited to configure the local installation |
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 |
locale |
R |
message catalogs for multiple languages |
templates |
R |
used by TWiki CGI scripts to generate HTML web pages |
data |
W |
TWiki pages (served by CGI scripts) |
pub |
W |
TWiki file attachments (served by web server) |
log |
W* |
files written by TWiki, set in LocalSite.cfg |
log/old |
W* |
archived log files, done by logrotate and gnhlug_maint |
working |
W |
TWiki internal temporary files |
tools |
N |
non-web maintenance scripts |
webroot |
R* |
Apache DocumentRoot, contains single "something is wrong" page |
static |
R* |
static files, maintained outside of TWiki, aliased in Apache |
etc |
R* |
FIXME |
fcgid |
FIXME |
FIXME |
misc |
N* |
sample files, merged to "doc"; directory removed |
Notable Files
| Directory |
File |
Flag |
Description |
bin |
LocalLib.cfg |
R@ |
path to lib (directory with TWiki.pm) |
bin |
setlib.cfg |
R |
derives default TWiki paths (normally no edits needed) |
bin |
configure |
Z |
CGI script that presents an interactive configuration mechanism |
fcgi |
fcgi.socket |
FIXME |
FIXME |
lib |
LocalSite.cfg |
C@ |
site configuration, initially written by configure |
lib |
TWiki.pm |
R |
main module for TWiki; the CGI scripts are just entry points to this |
lib |
TWiki.spec |
R |
documentation and defaults for common LocalSite.cfg options |
etc |
reg_htpasswd |
R* |
FIXME |
log |
access |
W |
log of every request the TWiki CGI scripts answer |
log |
warn |
W |
log of warnings and errors from TWiki CGI scripts |
log |
config |
W |
log of actions taken by configure script |
static |
favicon.ico |
R* |
"favorite icon" that appears in browser tabs |
static |
gnhlug.css |
R*@ |
a small handful of CustomCSS |
static |
robots.txt |
R@ |
guidance to crawler software about what to do (or not do) on this site |
tools |
fakecgi |
N* |
runs a TWiki script in a simulated CGI environment, for debugging |
tools |
gnhlug_maint |
N* |
nightly maintenance wrapper script, run by crontab |
webroot |
index.html |
R |
HTML page that says if you can see it, things are broken |
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