odbcinst
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Updated: Wed 26 Jun 2013
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NAME
odbcinst - An unixODBC tool for manipulating configuration files
SYNOPSIS
odbcinst
ACTION OBJECT OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
odbcinst
is a command line tool which has been created for allowing people who
are developing the install scripts/RPMs for Drivers to be able to easily
create/remove entries in odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini. This command line tool is a
complement to the shared library of the same name (libodbcinst.so). This tool is
a part of the odbcinst component of unixODBC.
OPTIONS
ACTIONS
- -i
-
Install (add section to config file) new OBJECT.
- -u
-
Uninstall (remove section from config file) existing OBJECT.
- -q
-
Query the config files and print the options for specified OBJECT.
- -j
-
Prints current configuration of unixODBC, listing (among others) the paths to the
configuration files.
- -c
-
Calls SQLCreateDataSource
- -m
-
Calls SQLManageDataSources
- --version
-
Prints program version and exits.
OBJECTS
- -d
-
The ACTION affect drivers (and thus the odbcinst.ini configuration file).
- -s
-
The ACTION affect data sources (and thus the user or system odbc.ini
configuration file).
OPTIONS
- -f FILE
-
The FILE is template file, describing the configuration of installed
OBJECT (only valid for the -i ACTION).
- -r
-
Same as the -f OPTION, only take the standard input as the template file.
- -n NAME
-
Specifies the NAME of the OBJECT.
- -v
-
Turn off verbose mode. This turns off all information, warning and error
messages.
- -l
-
The specified data source is system-wide. Has any effect only with the -s
OBJECT.
- -h
-
The specified data source is user-specific. Has any effect only with the -s
OBJECT.
RETURN VALUES
This command returns zero on success and non-zero value on failure.
FILES
/etc/odbinst.ini
-
Configuration file containing all the database drivers specifications. See
odbcinst.ini(5)
for more details.
/etc/odbc.ini
-
System-wide data sources specifications. See
odbc.ini(5)
for more details.
$HOME/.odbc.ini
-
User-specific data sources specifications. See
odbc.ini(5)
for more details.
SEE ALSO
odbcinst.ini(5),
odbc.ini(5)
AUTHORS
The authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <
pharvey@codebydesign.com> and
Nick Gorham <
nick@lurcher.org>. For the full list of contributors see the
AUTHORS file.
COPYRIGHT
unixODBC is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. For details
about the license, see the COPYING file.