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Files in ACIS are named using conventions, many of which are standard in the software industry. The following list shows the filename (or extension) convention for some of the files commonly used in ACIS:

*.a UNIX static object library.

*.c, *.cxx C/C++ source code file.

*.dbg Contains debug information.

<dir_name>.msg ACIS error message file, where <dir_name> is usually the name of the directory in which the file is located. This file is edited by developers to add new error messages.

<dir_name>.err ACIS error code definition file, where <dir_name> is usually the name of the directory in which the file is located. This file is generated automatically by the build tool from the <dir_name>.msg file.

*.dll Windows DLL object library.

e<dir_name>.cxx ACIS error message source file, where <dir_name> is usually the name of the directory in which the file is located. This file is generated automatically by the build tools from the <dir_name>.msg file.

*.h, *.hxx C/C++ header file. Each header filename must be unique.

*.jrl Scheme journal file.

*.lib Windows object library.

*.o UNIX object code file.

*.obc Windows object code file.

*.sab ACIS binary part save file.

*.sat ACIS text part save file.

*.scm ACIS Scheme procedure file.

*.sl UNIX shared object library on HP700 systems.

*.so UNIX shared object library on most systems.
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