Talk:Gramps 5.2 Wiki Manual - User Directory

User Directory files and directory Structure overview

Idea for new section that provides an overview of the files and folders/directories found in the user directory see https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_XML#See_also Auxiliary XML files in Gramps https://gramps.discourse.group/t/auxiliary-xml-format-documentation/2800 https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Template:Backup_Omissions

In general the following Gramps user files and folders can be found in the "User Directory"

Gramps - Top level folder

Subfolders:

• CSS - Theme files used by the narrative website report

• grampsXX - example: "gramps52"

gramps.ini - file holding Gramps configuration settings ( Gramps key file )

'*.ini - for each view or bottom or sidebar the configuration of each will be stored in assorted *.ini files

• • plugins - location of user installed addons for Gramps either manually or via the addon manager

• grampsdb - location of your family tree files each in subfolders using random seven (7) alpha/digit Hexidecimal folder name
  • abcdef12 - each SQLite based family tree folder may contain the following files

database.txt - plain text file that contains what format the data file is in eg: sqlite / bsddb ...

meta_data.db - ?

name.txt - name of the family tree

sqlite.db - family tree data file

• • abcdef34 - each legacy BSDDB based family tree folder may contain the following files 31 files!

(list example)

• • abcdef56 - other addon database backend family tree folders may contain other files as required please consult that addon

• thumb - folder contains media thumbnails for use by the Gramps programs and various reports and addons
  • large - versions of the media thumbnails
  • normal - versions of the media thumbnails

recent-files-gramps.xml - file

report_options.xml - file

GrampsXX.txt - file containing any error reported by Gramps eg Gramps52