Use this command to set up your shell environment for a specific instance. For example, set up to manage instance named demo01.
infxenv demo01
To enable this, add the following line to your .bashrc or .profile.
alias infxenv='. /infx/scripts/infxenv'
Otherwise, you can set your environment directly
. /infx/scripts/infxenv infx01
sample environment
This is an example showing what gets set in the environment.
environment set for instance connection
This environment variables are set for connection to the selected instance.
| env |
value |
description |
| INFORMIXDIR |
/infx/inst/demo1/informixdir |
location of informix software |
| INFORMIXSERVER |
demo1 |
instance server name |
| INFORMIXSQLHOSTS |
/infx/local/etc/sqlhosts |
location of informix sqlhosts file |
| ONCONFIG |
onconfig.demo1 |
name of configuration file for instance |
These parameters are set by infx.
| env |
value |
description |
| PATH |
/infx/inst/demo1/informixdir/bin:/infx/scripts:/usr/bin:/bin |
path set to include informix and infx software |
| INFX |
/infx |
location of infx software |
| INFX_CHKDIR |
/infx/inst/demo1/chks |
location of instance chunk files or links |
| INFX_CONFIG |
/infx/inst/demo1/etc/config.ini |
location of infx config file for this instance |
| INFX_INSTDIR |
/infx/inst/demo1
|
top level directory for this instance |
| INFX_LOGDIR |
/infx/inst/demo1/logs |
location of service and instance log files |
| INFX_SERVERNUM |
5 |
informix server number for this instance |
changing instance settings
infx provides three ways to specify config changes. This example is for an instance named demo1 on host called bobii.
| scope |
file location |
description |
| instance |
/infx/inst/demo1/etc/config.inoi |
settings only applied for this instance |
| host |
/infx/local/etc/sub-bobii.ini |
settings only applied on host called "bobii" |
| overall |
/infx/local/etc/config.ini |
settings applied on all hosts and instances | notes
- see config.ini for more information on setting configuration parameters
- by default infx looks in /infx, /usr/infx, /usr/local/infx or /home/informix/infx for the software
- set environment variable INFX if you want to use a different location
- set environment variable INFX if you want to have multiple infx versions installed
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