unixODBC
Section: unixODBC manual pages (7)
Updated: Tue 22. Oct 2013
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NAME
unixODBC - An ODBC implementation for Unix
DESCRIPTION
ODBC is an open specification for providing application developers with a
predictable API with which to access Data Sources. Data Sources include SQL
Servers and any Data Source with an ODBC Driver.
The unixODBC Project goals are to develop and promote unixODBC to be the
definitive standard for ODBC on non MS Windows platforms.
The HTML-format "Administrator Manual" shipped with unixODBC provides
additional details on configuration and usage to supplement these man pages.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- ODBCSYSINI
-
Overloads path to unixODBC configuration files. By default equals to '/etc'.
- ODBCINSTINI
-
Overloads the name of the drivers configuration file. It is relative to
ODBCSYSINI
and by default set to 'odbcinst.ini'.
- ODBCINSTUI
-
Overloads the library name for UI. The final name that is searched for is
evaluated as "lib$ODBCINSTUI". By default it is set to 'odbcinstQ4', so
the resulting library name is 'libodbcinstQ4'.
- ODBCSEARCH
-
Overloads the configuration mode and determines where to look for configuration
files. Must be set to one of ODBC_SYSTEM_DSN, ODBC_USER_DSN or ODBC_BOTH_DSN
(the last one is the default value).
- ODBCINI
-
Overloads the path to user configuration file. By default it is set
to "~/.odbc.ini".
SEE ALSO
unixODBC(7),
isql(1),
odbcinst(1),
odbc.ini(5),
odbcinst.ini(5)
AUTHORS
The authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> and
Nick Gorham <nick@unixodbc.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.