11. Directory content

If you use CIME as part of a climate model or standalone, the content of the cime directory is the same.

If you are using it as part of a climate model, cime is usually one of the first subdirectories under the main directory.

CIME directory in a climate model

Directory or Filename	Description
README, etc.	typical top-level directory content
components/	source code for active models
cime/	All of CIME code

CIME’s content is split into several subdirectories. Users should start in the scripts/ subdirectory.

CIME directory content

Directory or Filename	Description
CIME/	The main CIME source
CIME/ParamGen	Python tool for generating runtime params
CIME/Servers	Scripts to interact with input data servers
CIME/SystemTests	Scripts for create_test tests.
CIME/Tools	Auxillary tools, scripts and functions.
CMakeLists.txt	For building with CMake
CONTRIBUTING.md	Guide for contributing to CIME
ChangeLog	Developer-maintained record of changes to CIME
ChangeLog_template	Template for an entry in ChangeLog
LICENSE.TXT	The CIME license
MANIFEST.in
README.md	README in markdown language
conftest.py
doc	Documentation for CIME in rst format
docker	Container for CIME testing
scripts/	The CIME user interface
tools/	Standalone climate modeling tools
utils/	Some Perl source code needed by some prognostic components