distribution

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A GeneWeb distribution, available as a compressed file (.tar er .tgz or .zip) can be unfolded into a distribution folder whose structure is described here. This description starts from an example of an existing downloaded distribution file:

(server):~#cd
(server):~#ls -al gw-7.00-alpha-linux.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 username usergroup 5616960 Nov 24 14:21 gw-7.00-alpha-linux.tgz
gw-7.00-alpha-linux/
gw-7.00-alpha-linux/gw/
gw-7.00-alpha-linux/gw/gwd.arg
gw-7.00-alpha-linux/gw/convert_hist
....
gw-7.00-alpha-linux/gwsetup

• • gw-7.00-alpha-linux: The folder containing the GeneWeb distribution.
    • bases : a proposed location for storing bases
    • CHANGES.txt
    • geneweb : launch gwsetup, gwd and START.html page (file extension varies according to OS)
    • gw
      • a.gwf : standard version for the configuration parameters of a base
      • consang
      • etc : template files
      • ged2gwb, ged2gwb2, gwb2ged : base creation and extraction with GED format
      • gwc, gwc1, gwc2, gwu : gwc to create a base, gwu to extract a .gw archive file
      • gwd : the main GeneWeb server
      • gwd.arg : execution parameters for gwd
      • gwd.log : execution traces for gwd (as specified at gwd launch)
      • gwsetup : auxiliary server for base management
      • images : icons used by gwd
      • lang : language files used in template construction
      • only.txt : access restriction for gwsetup
      • setup : gwsetup template files
      • tags.txt : list of authorized HTML tags
      • update_nldb
    • gwd : minimal launch script for gwd (file extension varies according to OS)
    • gwsetup : minimal launch script for gwsetup (file extension varies according to OS)
    • LICENSE.txt
    • LIZEZMOI.txt
    • README.txt
    • START.htm : a minimal start page (assumes that gwd and gwsetup have been started)
    • START.htm

You may rename the gw-7.00-alpha-linux folder to any name of your choice, as long as you use this same name in the cgi-bin/gwd.sh launch script and the gw link to the style and JavaScript files at the web_root.

Note also that the minimal gwd start script provided in this distribution folder installs a base folder in the distribution folder itself. You may choose to keep this organisation rather than maintaining a separate bases folder.