About configuration files

Configuration files are created during installation at a default location in the Sybase installation directory structure.

Table B-1 shows the configuration files that Open Client and Open Server products use:

Table B-1: Names and locations for configuration files

Filename

Description

Location

For more information

libtcl.cfg

The driver configuration file contains information regarding directory, security, and network drivers and any required initialization information.

%SYBASE%\%SYBASE_OCS%\ini

NoteUse the CS_LIBTCL_CFG property to specify an alternate path to libtcl.cfg file.

See “The libtcl.cfg and libtcl64.cfg files”.

Also see Common Libraries Reference Manual for more details.

sql.ini

This file contains network and security information for each server listed in the file. It is also used as a backup to the libtcl.cfg file.

%SYBASE%\ini

See “The sql.ini file”.

objectid.dat

This file maps global object identifiers to local names for character set, collating sequence, and security mechanisms.

%SYBASE%\ini

See Appendix C, “Localization.”

ocs.cfg

The runtime configuration file allows you to change certain Open Client application values at runtime.

%SYBASE%\%SYBASE_OCS%\ini

See “The ocs.cfg file”.