Filesystem Layout

Hermes will create a .hermes directory in your home directory. On UNIX this may be /home/colin or similar but on Windows is probably C:/Document and Settings/Colin but may vary. For more information on installation look at the Installing page.

You can find out which configuration file is in use from the About box in the Help menu which also shows where the log files are.

User Specific Files and Directories

When you first start Hermes it creates:

File or Directory	Description
hermes-config.xml	The XML configuration file
hermes-config.xml.backup	Your previous configuration before the last edit
hermes.log	The log output
derby.log	The log output from the embedded Derby database
messages	A directory that you can place jms2xml formatted files on containing JMS messages encoded as XML
MessageStores	The Derby database that holds message stores

Installation Files and Directories

When you install Hermes it creates:

File or Directory	Description
Uninstaller	The IzPack uninstaller
bin	Launch scripts and associated files
lib	Java 1.5 libraries
lib.weaved	Java 1.4 libraries
providers	A directory you may want to place your JMS provider client libraries in