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Working with the GenDB Sources (Where to find what!)

The list below briefly describes the structure of the GenDB repository and the content of each directory. If you are programming within the GenDB environment please respect the existing directory structure.

The GenDB Core Sources

gendb/bin/ only binaries and executable shell scripts like the GenDB start up wrapper
gendb/share/ directory for most of the GenDB sources
gendb/share/exec/ executable Perl scripts etc
gendb/share/data/ default directory for all kinds of data files, e.g. the GenDB logo and splash screen images
gendb/share/doc/ directory that contains the GenDB documentation
gendb/share/perl/ all Perl sources of the GenDB system
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/ the GenDB core library
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/Common/ the GenDB core library
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/DB/ a .pod file for each class of the database schema automatically created by O2DBI
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/DB_Server/ the GenDB core server library; here you can find the manually implemented extensions for each class of the database schema (in several other subdirectories where subclasses exist)
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/Exporter/ some exporter modules written for the GenDB system, e.g. a FASTA or EMBL export library
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/Importer/ some importer modules written for the GenDB system, e.g. a FASTA or EMBL import library
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/Tools some common library functions implemented for frequently used tools like Blast which are utilized by several classes
gendb/share/perl/GENDB/Wizard some wizards that were implemented for more complex tasks, e.g. tool creation or job submission
gendb/src contains only some raw sources
gendb/src/dbschema the GenDB O2DBI database schema

The GenDB Web Sources

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The GenDB GUI Sources

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