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.