Common Project Subdirectory Names Directory

Common Project Subdirectory Names Directory

Common Project Subdirectory Names

Directory	Contents
src	Source code
TLD (e.g., org or edu)	Root of Java source code
main	Source code for the main program; platform-independent, excludes libraries
program-name	Source code for program-name
lib	Library source code
libname	Library name source code
common	Code elements shared between applications
include	Common C and C++ header files
doc	Documentation
man	Unix manual pages
rc / res	Microsoft Windows (bitmaps, resource files dialogs, icons) in source/compiled form
arch	Code specific to a given processor architecture
os	Operating system–specific code
CVS / RCS / SCCS	Revision control system files
build / compile / classes / obj / Release / Debug	Compilation directory
tools	Tools used during the build process
test	Test scripts and input and output files
conf	Buildtime configuration information
etc	Runtime configuration information
eg	Examples
bin	Depository for executable files and shell scripts
contrib	User-contributed tools and code; typically maintained outside the main project