From 9fa0723cbf1ee7ae6ec36aabef096491dc74bb01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vitalii Koshura Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:07:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update PhysicalFileManagement.md file Signed-off-by: Vitalii Koshura --- PhysicalFileManagement.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/PhysicalFileManagement.md b/PhysicalFileManagement.md index 31fc837..653f184 100644 --- a/PhysicalFileManagement.md +++ b/PhysicalFileManagement.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ +# 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 @@ -13,4 +15,4 @@ Some cases where you might want to do this: 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`. \ No newline at end of file +the directory is in `APP_INIT_DATA.project_dir`.