Naming project files

Ounce/Make uses conventions outlined in this topic to name AppScan® Source project files.

  • When creating AppScan® Source project files, Ounce/Make uses the relative directory path from the directory in which you invoked ouncemake to the directory where ouncemake creates the project file.
  • The directory where you invoke ouncemake becomes the first component in the path name.
  • Underscores replace all path separators such as backslash (\) on Windows™ and slash (/) on Linux™.
  • When the filename length exceeds operating system limitations, Ounce/Make strips components of the path, starting on the left, until the filename length complies with the system naming convention.
  • When you run ouncemake at the root of a file system, such as / or c:\, ouncemake creates an AppScan® Source project file named root.ppf.

AppScan® Source saves the created .ppf in the location next to the makefile that the ppf represents. For example, if you run Ounce/Make, creating a single project file, AppScan® Source saves the ppf in the directory from which you invoked Ounce/Make. Refer to Example 2: Ounce/Make with recursive option to see the ppf files created in multi-project mode.

Note: If there is more than one makefile in a directory, Ounce/Make creates only one .ppf file in the directory.

Example 1

This example illustrates a ppf file created with the path separators replaced by underscores.

Invoke ouncemake from the following directory:

C:\development\source

During execution, Ounce/Make creates an AppScan® Source project file in:

C:\development\source\components\server

The name of the ppf is source_components_server.ppf:


Project file name

Example 2

Microsoft™ Windows™ and Linux™ limit path and file names. These operating systems limit the number of characters to 255. Example 2 shows the case of a filename exceeding path length limitations.

User invokes Ounce/Make from the following directory:

C:\path1\path2\path3\path4\path5\development\source

During execution, Ounce/Make creates an AppScan® Source project in the following directory:

C:\path1\path2\path3\path4\path5\development\source\components\server

If the filename can be a maximum of 25 characters, due to path limitations, the resulting filename is:

components_server.ppf