Appendix B: Zope Directories

This is a list of some important directories in the Zope source code.

Extensions: Code for External Methods go in this directory.
ZServer: Python code for ZServer and Medusa.
ZServer/medusa: Sam Rushing's Medusa package upon which ZServer is built.
doc: Miscellaneous documentation.
import: Place Zope export files here in order to import them into Zope.
inst: Installation scripts.
pcgi: C and Python code for PCGI.
utilities: Miscellaneous utilities.
var: Contains the ZODB data file (Data.fs) and various other files (logs, pids, etc.) This directory should be owned and writable by the userid that Zope is run as.
lib/Components: Python extension modules written in C including BTree, ExtensionClass, cPickle, zlib, etc.
lib/python: Most of the Zope Python code is in here.
lib/python/AccessControl: Security classes.
lib/python/App: Zope application classes. Stuff like product registration, and the control panel.
lib/python/BTrees: Btrees package.
lib/python/DateTime: DateTime package.
lib/python/DocumentTemplate: DTML templating package. DTML Document and DTML Method use this.
lib/python/HelpSys: Online help system.
lib/python/Interface: Scarecrow interfaces package.
lib/python/OFS: Object File System code. Includes basic Zope classes (Folder, DTML Document) and interfaces (ObjectManager, SimpleItem).
lib/python/Products: Zope products are installed here.
lib/python/Products/OFSP: The OFS product. Contains initialization code for basic Zope objects like Folder and DTML Document.
lib/python/RestrictedPython: Python security used by DTML and Python Scripts.
lib/python/SearchIndex: Indexes used by ZCatalog.
lib/python/Shared: Shared code for use by multiple Products.
lib/python/StructuredText: Structured Text package.
lib/python/TreeDisplay: Tree tag package.
lib/python/ZClasses: ZClasses package.
lib/python/ZLogger: Logging package.
lib/python/ZODB: ZODB package.
lib/python/ZPublisher: The Zope ORB.
lib/python/Zope: The Zope package published by ZPublisher.
lib/python/webDAV: WebDAV support classes and interfaces.

Anonymous User - Mar. 12, 2003 2:21 am:
 What's different between <zope>/lib/python/Products and <zope>/Products?

Appendix B - Zope Directories