Thanks everyone for the valuable comments! I am trying to finalize this thread: there seems to be consensus to move all the executable scripts into a folder to keep things organized. For the name of the folder: * some of you think that the "bin" (as I originally suggested) should be used because it is often used for this purpose * some of you are worried that this could interfere with some commonly used IDEs (e.g. Eclipse) that use the bin folder for output and need to be configured to use a different standard name
After reviewing what we have now in OFBiz I am wondering if we could use the already existing "tools" folder; its current layout is: tools/api-java16 tools/src option a: add all the executables to tools/ folder directly option b: create a subfolder tools/bin and add all the executables there What do you think? Jacopo On Feb 29, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > Then we could recommend to name .bin for instance > But I wonder if this will not be a source of problem for newbies... > > And also for Windows users, bin is not a standard name at all > > Jacques > > From: "Adrian Crum" <adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com> >> That's fine with me. We just need to update the Eclipse configuration files. >> >> -Adrian >> >> On 2/29/2012 3:20 PM, J. Eckard wrote: >>> I think that eclipse / eclipse users should have to accommodate the >>> directory structure of OFBiz, not the other way around. >>> >>> >>> On Feb 29, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback! Any suggestion for the name of the folder? I was >>>> hoping to use a "standard" name, that is why I initially proposed the >>>> "bin" folder... but since that is not an option we will have to think to >>>> something else (unless we use the existing "tools" folder but I am not >>>> sure about the intended usage of that). >>>> >>>> Jacopo >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> Jacques >>>>> >>>>> From: "Adrian Crum"<adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com> >>>>>> Sounds great, but don't use "bin" - that folder is created by Eclipse >>>>>> and it is in the SVN ignore list. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Adrian >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2/27/2012 7:10 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>>>>>> The number of executable files (*.sh and *bat) in the OFBiz home folder >>>>>>> is rather big: what if we create a "bin" folder and we move all of them >>>>>>> there? In this way users will have a place where they will find all the >>>>>>> executable files only and the main folder will be cleaner. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jacopo
