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12 <concept id="GUID-54E62386-E4DB-55C3-BA9A-FFB7BFE6703E" xml:lang="en"><title>File |
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13 locations</title><shortdesc>This topic gives the location for different file types.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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14 <section id="GUID-4A1719B9-BD5A-4D46-A196-E8447C144F91"><title>Pre-Symbian platform v9.0</title> <p>Application program files |
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15 must be located in directories with the form <filepath>\system\apps\<program>\</filepath>. |
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16 Initialisation and configuration files should be in the same directory, or |
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17 where the application is in ROM, in the equivalent directory on a writable |
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18 drive. </p> <p>Document files can be located in any directory <i>except</i> <filepath>\system\</filepath>, |
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19 and may be given any name: the system will not alter the capitalisation of |
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20 that name, and will not attempt to add or remove any extension. </p> <p>The |
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21 application architecture does not dictate the requirements for <i>all</i> files, |
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22 or even all file stores. For instance, an e-mail application is not document |
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23 based. An e-mail subsystem would store its messages in a directory structure |
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24 using special e-mail policies to implement inbox, outbox and folders. Normally, |
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25 this folder would be in a <filepath>\system\</filepath> directory. </p> </section> |
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26 <section id="GUID-C8E8AB80-4EE5-5593-8981-4A91A0111419"><title>Symbian platform |
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27 v9.0 and beyond</title> <p>The following table gives the location for different |
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28 file types. </p> <table id="GUID-9952EBEF-FCBC-585F-A9AD-D1CD2F8088BA"> |
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29 <tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/><colspec colname="col2"/> |
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30 <thead> |
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31 <row> |
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32 <entry>Location</entry> |
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33 <entry>Example file types</entry> |
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34 <entry>Description</entry> |
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35 </row> |
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36 </thead> |
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37 <tbody> |
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38 <row> |
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39 <entry><ul> |
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40 <li id="GUID-D669EB04-023C-5224-999D-9EE55E8EA7ED"><p>On the emulator (default): </p> <ul> |
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41 <li id="GUID-BEE962D9-B7DD-5B2B-91B3-125B16E414DC"><p> <filepath>epoc32\release\winscw\udeb\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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42 <li id="GUID-52700062-ED55-525D-BC55-A10678FC97E6"><p> <filepath>epoc32\release\winscw\urel\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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43 </ul> <p>On the emulator, e.g. for text notifiers: </p> <ul> |
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44 <li id="GUID-851A7FE9-54FE-5FEB-9F38-4B4F32EEDD53"><p> <filepath>\sys\bin\tnotifiers</filepath> </p> </li> |
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45 </ul> </li> |
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46 <li id="GUID-726EA784-F425-5F5D-8837-33AA9244594E"><p>On the device: </p> <p> <filepath>\sys\bin\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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47 </ul> </entry> |
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48 <entry><p> <filepath>.exe</filepath>, <filepath>.app</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.dll</filepath>, <filepath>.ani</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.ctl</filepath>, <filepath>.fep</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.mdl</filepath>, <filepath>.csy</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.ldd</filepath>, <filepath>.pdd</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.prt</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.ECOMIIC</filepath>, <filepath>.PLUGIN</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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49 <entry><ul> |
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50 <li id="GUID-2C766E8B-EB9E-5BA5-9E86-B69D1412E3AD"><p>Location of all binaries </p> </li> |
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51 <li id="GUID-8443D832-175E-52DD-A190-2E4F0F86C02E"><p>The OS will refuse to |
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52 load any binary not in <filepath>\sys\bin\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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53 <li id="GUID-6EF741B8-BA5E-592B-88AD-D74C18556797"><p>Code without <codeph>AllFiles</codeph> (or <codeph>TCB</codeph>) |
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54 capability will never be able to read (or write) anything under <filepath>\sys\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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55 <li id="GUID-139E6964-311A-5B28-93A2-DABE9F176D1E"><p>Note that for the emulator |
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56 when <codeph>PlatSecEnforceSysBin</codeph> is enabled (in the <filepath>epoc.ini</filepath> file) |
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57 executables found under <filepath>\system</filepath> will not be able to be |
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58 loaded </p> </li> |
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59 </ul> </entry> |
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60 </row> |
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61 <row> |
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62 <entry><p> <filepath>\private\<process SID>\</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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63 <entry><p> <filepath>.doc</filepath>, <filepath>.txt</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.xml</filepath>, <filepath>.dat</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.ini</filepath>, <filepath>.mbm</filepath>, </p> <p> <filepath>.rsc</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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64 <entry><ul> |
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65 <li id="GUID-D3532BB0-FA8A-543F-90D2-FAF3A60D59FB"><p>Location of all private |
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66 data files (e.g. if the file is to be accessed only by the application itself) </p> </li> |
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67 <li id="GUID-9EC27287-26DC-5A60-AAB8-66CB9B542A3B"><p>The directory name under <filepath>\private</filepath> is |
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68 determined by the SecureId (SID) of the process. If a SID is not specified, |
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69 the <codeph>UID3</codeph> provided in the mmp file is used </p> </li> |
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70 <li id="GUID-4FFFABBD-F07E-5B02-932D-2CC014EED451"><p>Under the <filepath>\private</filepath> directory, |
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71 programs without the <codeph>AllFiles</codeph> capability will only ever be |
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72 able to see their own directory </p> </li> |
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73 </ul> </entry> |
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74 </row> |
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75 <row> |
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76 <entry><ul> |
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77 <li id="GUID-7FB0FDE3-CED7-5288-903C-9F4FE929B6FF"><p>Applications on the |
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78 emulator, or built into the ROM must provide registration files in: </p> <ul> |
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79 <li id="GUID-E684117A-273C-51A9-958E-E08446B8F454"><p> <filepath>\private\10003a3f\apps\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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80 </ul> </li> |
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81 <li id="GUID-CBDD2344-0C22-5D27-B4C3-B14AC92ECF12"><p>Applications installed |
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82 via Software Install must provide registration files in: </p> <ul> |
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83 <li id="GUID-C2EFCAC2-2E85-5A61-BD77-B19F0BDE095F"><p> <filepath>\private\10003a3f\import\apps\</filepath> </p> </li> |
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84 </ul> </li> |
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85 </ul> </entry> |
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86 <entry><p> <filepath><appname>_reg.rsc</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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87 <entry><ul> |
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88 <li id="GUID-44FA136E-CE01-55C1-AAE9-0B0C927A57FB"><p>The private system directory |
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89 for an application's registration file </p> </li> |
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90 <li id="GUID-2EF36F6C-2367-5407-AEEC-6B10D7F17CF7"><p>The directory must always |
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91 be on the same drive as the application </p> </li> |
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92 <li id="GUID-7138A905-C1D6-51AA-BFD1-8679D7157A35"><p>These paths are true |
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93 for both the emulator and target device </p> </li> |
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94 </ul> </entry> |
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95 </row> |
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96 <row> |
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97 <entry><p> <filepath>\resource\apps\</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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98 <entry><p> <filepath>.rsc</filepath>, <filepath>.mbm</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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99 <entry><ul> |
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100 <li id="GUID-13F15A62-D5EF-5473-B0FA-27000004212B"><p>Read access is allowed |
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101 by all </p> </li> |
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102 <li id="GUID-39C994D8-602B-5CD2-B68D-D9573CA3141D"><p>Write access only by |
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103 processes with <codeph>AllFiles</codeph> capability </p> </li> |
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104 </ul> </entry> |
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105 </row> |
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106 <row> |
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107 <entry><p> <filepath>\resource\plugins\</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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108 <entry><p> <filepath><dllname>.rsc</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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109 <entry><ul> |
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110 <li id="GUID-58281D7D-4298-5C5E-9CAC-308B83DCF71F"><p>Specifically for ECom |
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111 registration resource files for ECom plugins </p> </li> |
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112 <li id="GUID-2C520ACF-9572-5041-A725-17431171455A"><p>Read access is allowed |
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113 by all </p> </li> |
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114 </ul> </entry> |
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115 </row> |
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116 <row> |
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117 <entry><p>Central Repository API </p> <p> <filepath>\private\<process sid>\</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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118 <entry><p> <filepath>.txt</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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119 <entry><ul> |
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120 <li id="GUID-8524D37A-8F26-55A4-91D1-D8C09C3ADFF8"><p>If the file is read/write-only, |
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121 and access to it needs controlling through capabilities, then use the Central |
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122 Repository API, not a file at all. </p> </li> |
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123 </ul> </entry> |
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124 </row> |
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125 </tbody> |
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126 </tgroup> |
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127 </table> </section> |
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128 </conbody></concept> |