Setting environment variables

The installation program automatically sets most of the environment variables it needs, such as PATH, as part of the unloading process. It also unloads .sh and .csh files, which contain the environment variables you must set manually before you can configure and successfully run Open Client and Open Server components.

Bourne and C shell files

The installer unloads Bourne shell and C shell files containing environment variables in:

To set the environment variables, either:

StepsUpdating the RUN environment immediately

  1. In a Bourne shell, enter:

    cd $SYBASE
    . SYBASE.sh
    
  2. In a C shell, enter:

    cd $SYBASE
    source SYBASE.csh