Editing Read Only Directories

[[Category:EPrints_3_Reference]]
Certain directories in EPrints really should not be modified by hand. These include...

== Everything under '''[[EPrints_Directory_Structure/eprints3/lib|eprints3/lib/]]''' ==

Plugins may install additional files here, but you should not modify anything. If you wish to override files in the /lib/ dir you can do so in the appropriate cfg dir of your repository. For example, if a file exists in both eprints3/lib/static/style and eprints3/archives/ARCHIVEID/cfg/static/style then only the one under archives/ will be used. 

=== Note on overriding phrases ===

An exception is phrases. Phrases are over-ridden by phrase-id not by filename. To override a phrase, just place a phrase with the same phraseid in any file in your archive cfg/lang/.../phrases/ directory.

== var directories ==

'''[[EPrints_Directory_Structure/eprints3/var|eprints3/var/]]''' and
''[[EPrints_Directory_Structure/eprints3/archives/ARCHIVEID/var|eprints3/archives/ARCHIVEID/var/]]'''

These contain files '''generated''' by the system and should not be modified by hand.

== Everything under '''[[EPrints_Directory_Structure/eprints3/perl_lib|eprints3/perl_lib/]]''' ==

Don't touch anything under here except the following exceptions...

=== EPrints/SystemSettings.pm ===

This contains the most general of system settings (such as what user to run as, and what directory it's in). You may need to occasionally tweak something in this file.

=== EPrints/Plugin/ ===

You may wish to add your own (custom) plugins or install some from http://files.eprints.org/