[pmwiki-users] PmWiki work directory, re-revisited
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at pobox.com
Sat Feb 3 15:06:20 CST 2007
On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:03:51AM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 01:40:56PM +0100, christian.ridderstrom at gmail.com wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > >The structure would be something like:
> > >
> > > pmwiki/
> > > pmwiki.php # main PmWiki script
> > > cookbook/ # directory for cookbook scripts
> > > data.d/ # top-level writable directory
> > > wiki.d/ # page file storage
> > > work.d/ # temporary/work files
> > > docs/ # basic documentation
> > > local/ # local customizations
> > > ...etc...
> >
> > I also would prefer 'var.d' or 'var' instead of 'data'. In the *nix wold
> > that means something, e.g. that you should be aware that applications
> > write data to it, so it might consume disk space.
>
> Lots of (most?) PmWiki administrators aren't familiar with
> Unix conventions, such as var/ . I'd like something that's
> going to be quickly understood even by people who are unaware
> of the Unix meaning of "var/".
...and in saying that 'var/' might not be a good choice,
I also agree that 'data/' or 'data.d/' might not be good
choices either. I just put 'data.d/' here as an example to
restart the discussion.
I'd be very interested to hear suggestions for what we
should name this 'top-level writable directory'. (In fact,
it's my major block at this point.) Ideally it should be
something that aids understanding by new PmWiki
administrators as to the directory's purpose.
I can accept 'data/' or 'data.d/' if we decide that's the
best, but I'd really like to hear others' opinions, since
I'm hardly the typical PmWiki administrator. :-)
Thanks!
Pm
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