[pmwiki-users] PmWiki work directory, re-revisited

[christian.ridderstrom at gmail.com]

On Sat, 3 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.

> 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.

How about
 	write.d/
or even
 	writeable.d/

But maybe you should write down a simple explanation of the purpose of 
this directory?  For instance, is it supposed to *not* be accessible 
directly via the web?

/C

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