Set environment variables on UNIX™
If you set the environment variables at the command line, you must reset them whenever you log on to your system. If you set the environment variables in a file, they are set automatically when you log on to your system.
Informix® ODBC Driver provides a sample setup file called setup.odbc in $INFORMIXDIR/etc. You can use this file to set environment variables for the driver. The following list describes the environment variables that are in setup.odbc.
- INFORMIXDIR
- Full path of the directory where Informix® Client Software Development Kit is installed.
- INFORMIXSQLHOSTS
- This value is optional. It specifies the directory that contains sqlhosts. By default, sqlhosts is in $INFORMIXDIR/etc. Set INFORMIXSQLHOSTS if you want sqlhosts to be in a different directory.
- ODBCINI
- This value is optional. You can use it to specify an alternative location for the odbc.ini file. The default location is your home directory.