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<h2>Core Client: File Structure</h2>
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The core client runs in a BOINC home directory. An account file
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(accounts.xml) must be present in this directory. The core client
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creates and uses the following files and directories within the BOINC
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home directory:
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<li>
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<b>client_state.xml</b>: this is an description of the files,
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application, workunits and results present on this client.
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Each project has a <b>project subdirectory</b> whose name is the
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project's base URL. This subdirectory contains all files (inputs,
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outputs, executables) related to the project.
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<b>slots</b>: this directory contains one subdirectory for each
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CPU "slot" (normally there are as many slots as the host has CPUs). The
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subdirectories are named 0, 1, ... N-1.
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Each result executes in particular slot. The core client creates
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symbolic links (UNIX) or .lnk files (Windows) in the slot directory,
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linking the input, output and executable files to the appropriate files
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in the project directory. On UNIX, the core client uses chroot() so that
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the application sees the slot directory as the root of its filesystem,
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and cannot create or access files outside of it.
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