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Date:	Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:41:32 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Open Source file tree ?

In <3E59221B.4DDD@peterskye.com>, on 02/23/03
at 11:33 AM, Peter Skye said:

>I don't understand how to organize the file tree. I'm familiar with the
>bin doc src subdirectories but I don't know if there's a specification on
>how the containing directory is to be placed.

Not really, although I tend to place each application within a single
top-level container directory. It makes them easy to find and it makes it
somewhat easier to share common components. For example:

dev2
app1
app2
app3
h
lib
tools

>What should the development tree look like (including the various
>utilities required for make/compile), and what should the user's

The utilities themselves live in their own installation directories. Then
there are the wrappers I use to automate repetitive functions. Depending
on how many there are, I many have a project tools directory or I may just
dump them into my default \cmd or \bin directories.

The key with all of this is to be consistent. Netlabs is pretty good this
way, as are unix apps. That way you can leverage what you learn from one
on the next.

>execution tree look like (or are the development tree and the execution
>tree one-and-the-same)?

There's no need for any relationship. That one of the reasons a good
makefile always has a 'make install' target.

Steven

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