To run DB-Library applications, including the sample programs, you must:
Set these environment variables, which are described in Appendix B, “Environment Variables”:
SYBASE
SYBASE_OCS
DSQUERY
SYBPLATFORM
Platform-specific library path variable
Be able to connect to an Adaptive Server database. See the Open Client and Open Server Configuration Guide for UNIX .
Read the README file in each product directory under $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/sample/dblibrary. Complete instructions for running the samples are in the README file.
Set execute permission on the sybopts.sh file for the file’s owner:
chmod u+x sybopts.sh