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# Explicit client file management
The standard mode of file access on a BOINC client is:
* *Physical* files exist in the projects/URL directory. BOINC keeps track of all physical files, and deletes them when no longer needed.
* *Logical* files are links in the slots/N directory, and refer to physical files. Applications are free to create other files in their slot directory; BOINC doesn't know about these, other than to delete them when the app finishes.
* **Physical** files exist in the projects/URL directory. BOINC keeps track of all physical files, and deletes them when no longer needed.
* **Logical** files are links in the slots/N directory, and refer to physical files. Applications are free to create other files in their slot directory; BOINC doesn't know about these, other than to delete them when the app finishes.
It's also possible for applications to create and access files in the project/URL directory.
BOINC doesn't know about these files, and in particular it won't delete them
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In order to put files in the project directory, you need to know where it is.
This can be found by calling [boinc_get_init_data()](BasicApi#Communicatingwiththecoreclient);
the directory is in `APP_INIT_DATA.project_dir`.
the directory is in `APP_INIT_DATA.project_dir`.