Links to the release area
Restricted use of soft links
Soft links are only used in the current directory "links" to provide short-cuts to the release area. The only other case, where soft links may be used is to point to files within the same directory, e.g. to provide a link, which is independent from the version of a file. For example, several versions of a document may be kept in the same directory, but the URL pointing to the latest document should be independent of the version number.
URLs to release area
For convenience, TWiki variables corresponding to the soft links are maintained in the
WebPreferences. The names of the
soft links are in most cases xxxDirectory.
The names of the TWiki variables are the same, but all letters capitalized.
Example: name of the soft link for the release area is releaseDirectory, the corresponding TWiki
variable is RELEASEDIRECTORY.
Starting with release 11.2.0 the monolythic build per container is replaced
by a build per project and the result is installed from the kit in releaseDirectory.
| Soft link | Comment | AFS location |
|---|---|---|
| buildDirectory | project | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/ |
| nightlyDevDirectory | project | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/dev |
| releaseDirectory | project | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/releases |
| releasesBefore1120 | container | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/dist/ |
| distDirectory | (used by nightlies) | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/dist/ |
| prodSysDirectory | pacman & kit | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/Production |
| kitsDirectory | project | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/kits |
| cacheDirectory | project | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/kits/projects/cache |
| externalDirectory | external lib | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/offline/external/ |
| LCGexternalDirectory | LCG external lib | /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/ |
| monolith | pacman top dir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/pacman |
Links to latest released projects and source code
Links have been set up to access the latest builds of projects;
the path gives also access to the source code in the dbg release;
there is no source code in the opt release.
The C++ code is stored in the package's src directory, the jobOptions are stored in the share directory.
The ATLAS release version is available from projectDir > cmt > clean_release.log and
the versions of the used packages from projectDir > projectRelease > cmt > requirements.
| Soft link to projectDir | AFS location |
|---|---|
| AtlasOfflineDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasOffline/latest |
| AtlasCoreDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasCore/latest |
| AtlasConditionsDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasConditions/latest |
| DetCommonDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/DetCommon/latest |
| AtlasEventDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasEvent/latest |
| AtlasSimulationDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasSimulation/latest |
| AtlasTriggerDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasTrigger/latest |
| AtlasReconstructionDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasReconstruction/latest |
| AtlasAnalysisDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasAnalysis/latest |
| AtlasPoint1Dir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasPoint1/latest |
| AtlasProductionDir | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasProduction/latest |
Other locations
The following table provides other locations of interest, like the URLs for Doxygen documentation of the lastest release and the latest nightly release. Detailed explanation of how to use the Doxygen links is available. The links to the magnetic field map(s) are to be clarified. A description of various magnetic field maps is available.
| Item or URL | AFS location |
|---|---|
| latestDocDirectory | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasOffline/latest/InstallArea/doc/ |
| nightlyDocDirectory | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/dev/AtlasOffline/latest_doxygen/InstallArea/doc/ |
| test data [tbd] | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/offline/data/ |
| magnetic field for CTB | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/magfield/CTB |
| magnetic field: standard field(s) | /afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/magfield/ |
| current nightly geomDB CERN replica |
/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/database/DBREL/packaging/DBRelease/current/geomDB |
See also
- Releases portal page