The repository files
are generally
arranged in a single directory hierarchy on a single server. The highest level
directory contains one file
artbase.roo that contains the
names and paths of all the repositories, and a subdirectory containing each of
these repositories. Initially there is probably only one repository, but later
you may make backup or checkpoint repositories, copies of your main repository
made at a certain time.
In a repository directory there are two files,
manager.ab and
trid. The
manager.ab file
contains the names and paths of all the areas in that repository, the names and
encoded passwords of all the users in that repository, any disk name mappings
needed to access the repository, and the server machine and
socket
number through which clients will access that
repository. The repository directory also contains several subdirectories:
As a general recommendation, repository administration and use
is easiest if the server is started from the same directory as the
artbase.roo file, and all client
images start with that directory
as
their working directory. In this way all database paths in
artbase.roo, and all area paths in
manager.ab, can be relative
paths
, avoiding the need to define drive mappings or
different
artbase.roo files for each user. By default,
MetaEdit+ uses such relative paths.