Talk:Gramps 5.2 Wiki Manual - User Directory
User Directory files and directory Structure overview
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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 |
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
