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    Hi,

    On unix machines in the Oracle user profile what does oracle_base, ld_library_path and path mean?.


    Thanks in Advance.


    [Edited by default on 09-19-2001 at 03:36 PM]

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    The ORACLE_BASE would be the place where the oracle client had been installed ... i.e something like /usr/local/oracle

    ORACLE_HOME would be the point upto where the current oracle client/server binaries are at i.e. $ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.6

    ORACLE_BASE= ...
    ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.6
    PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib

    Sam
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    Hi,


    Can you throw some light on PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH.


    Thanks

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    When you throw in any executables, the OS would first search for it under your PATH. So say for example that you were calling sqlplus, the system should first know where to look for the sqlplus. So it would look into the PATH to see wherther it could find the executable in any of the mentioned directories under PATH. If so, it would be called for execution. Normally all the executables are placed under the directory called "bin" under their appropriate homes.

    The LD_LIBRARY_PATH would point to some of the library files that are need to be included at the time of execution.

    Hope this would help you to undestand Unix.

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    Oke....

    when oracle tries to relink, does it relink the executables from the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory to the bin directory under their appropriate homes.



    Thanks in advance...

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