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//unfortunately, have to wrap the docs in a C comment for doxygen
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/**
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\page filesystem QuakeForge Directory Trees
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The QuakeForge directory trees resemble that of Quake, but have been made
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more suitable for multi-user systems. The directory trees have been split
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into "shared data" and "user data".
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The shared data tree is intended to be in a read-only location that is
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accessible by permitted users of the system. The contents of the shared
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data will usually be the game data as extracted from the Quake or mission
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pack CDs, or mod data downloaded from the internet.
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The user data tree is intended to be private to the individual user and will
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usually be in the user's home directory. The user data tree usually starts
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out empty as it is created by QuakeForge when needed, but user configs,
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saved games, recorded demos, screen-shots, quakeworld downloads etc will be
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written to the user data tree. Also, QuakeC/Ruamoko file access is
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generally restricted to the user data tree. Files in the user data tree
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take precedence over files in the shared data tree.
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Except for the system configuration file, the user configuration file, and
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the directory configuration file, QuakeForge will not read any file outside
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of the shared or user data trees.
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The shared data tree is specified by the \c fs_sharepath cvar. The default
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value varies depending on the system, but will generally be either \c
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/usr/local/share/games/quakeforge or \c /usr/share/games/quakeforge on
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Linux or other UNIX like systems, and \c . (the current directory) on
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Windows systems.
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The user data tree is specified by the \c fs_userpath cvar. The default
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value varies depending on the system, but will generally be \c
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~/.quakeforge or \c ~/.local/share/quakeforge on Linux or other UNIX like
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systems, and \c . (the current directory) on Windows systems.
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The user data tree and the shared data tree being in the same place is
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quite valid, and QuakeForge is smart enough to not search twice for files
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when the trees are in the same place.
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Once QuakeForge is running, \c fs_sharepath and \c fs_userpath cannot be
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altered. However, they may be altered by setting them in the system
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configuration file, the user configuration file, or on the command line.
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The internal layout of the shared and user data trees are, by default, the
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same as Quake (an \c id1 directory tree, plus other mod directories), but
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with the addition of a \c QF directory which holds QuakeForge specific data
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(such as the menus). The structure of the data trees and, more importantly,
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the relationship between the mod directories can be configured with the
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directory configurtion file (see \ref dirconf).
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*/
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