TWiki Implementation Notes
Platform
TWiki is written in Perl 5 and uses also some shell commands. The current implementation runs best on a Unix machine, but it is also possible on Microsoft Windows. RCS (for revision control) must be installed on the system.
Directory Structure
| Directory: | Used for: |
|---|
twiki/bin | TWiki Perl scripts |
twiki/bin/TWiki | TWiki Perl modules |
twiki/bin/TWiki/Plugins | Plugins modules |
twiki/pub | Public files (FileAttachments, images) |
twiki/data | source text |
twiki/templates | HTML templates, used by TWiki scripts |
Note: You could move the
twiki/bin/TWiki library directory (including
Plugins ) to
twiki/lib/TWiki; the scripts look for a
"." and
"../lib" relative library path.
Files in twiki/bin
| File: | Used for: |
|---|
.htaccess.txt | Authentication. Rename to .htaccess and customize if used |
attach | Script that shows the attach file page (FileAttachment) |
delete | (not used yet) |
edit | Script to edit a topic |
geturl | Script to fetch URL data |
mailnotify | Script called by cron job to notify users of changes |
oops | Script that shows an OK or oops dialog |
preview | Script to preview topic after edit |
rdiff | Script to see differences of topics |
register | Script to register new users |
save | Script that saves a topic, called by preview |
search | Script that displays search results |
statistics | Script to create statistics topic |
testenv | Script to test CGI environment variables |
upload | Script that does file upload (FileAttachment) |
view | Script to view a topic ( the script ) |
viewfile | Script to view an file attachment |
TWiki.pm | Main TWiki library |
TWiki.cfg | For initialization and configuration, used by TWiki.pm |
Files in twiki/bin/TWiki
| File: | Used for: |
|---|
Access.pm | Access control |
Net.pm | SMTP mail handling |
Plugins.pm | Plugin handling |
Prefs.pm | Preferences handling |
Search.pm | Search engine, used by wiki.pm |
Store.pm | Back-end storage, *.txt text file and *.txt,v RCS repository file handling |
Files in twiki/bin/TWiki/Plugins
| File: | Used for: |
|---|
DefaultPlugin.pm | Default plugin |
EmptyPlugin.pm | Empty plugin, use to create your own |
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PeterThoeny - 03 Mar 2001
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