NAME

odbcinst - An unixODBC tool for manipulating configuration files

SYNOPSIS

odbcinst ACTION OBJECT OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION

odbcinst is a command line tool which has been created for allowing people who are developing the install scripts/RPMs for Drivers to be able to easily create/remove entries in odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini. This command line tool is a complement to the shared library of the same name (libodbcinst.so). This tool is a part of the odbcinst component of unixODBC.

OPTIONS

ACTIONS

-i: Install (add section to config file) new OBJECT.
-u: Uninstall (remove section from config file) existing OBJECT.
-q: Query the config files and print the options for specified OBJECT.
-j: Prints current configuration of unixODBC, listing (among others) the paths to the configuration files.
-c: Calls SQLCreateDataSource
-m: Calls SQLManageDataSources
--version: Prints program version and exits.

OBJECTS

-d: The ACTION affect drivers (and thus the odbcinst.ini configuration file).
-s: The ACTION affect data sources (and thus the user or system odbc.ini configuration file).

OPTIONS

-f FILE: The FILE is template file, describing the configuration of installed OBJECT (only valid for the -i ACTION).
-r: Same as the -f OPTION, only take the standard input as the template file.
-n NAME: Specifies the NAME of the OBJECT.
-v: Turn off verbose mode. This turns off all information, warning and error messages.
-l: The specified data source is system-wide. Has any effect only with the -s OBJECT.
-h: The specified data source is user-specific. Has any effect only with the -s OBJECT.

RETURN VALUES

This command returns zero on success and non-zero value on failure.

FILES

/etc/odbinst.ini

Configuration file containing all the database drivers specifications. See odbcinst.ini(5) for more details.

/etc/odbc.ini

System-wide data sources specifications. See odbc.ini(5) for more details.

$HOME/.odbc.ini

User-specific data sources specifications. See odbc.ini(5) for more details.

AUTHORS

The authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> and Nick Gorham <nick@easysoft.com>. For the full list of contributors see the AUTHORS file.

COPYRIGHT

unixODBC is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. For details about the license, see the COPYING file.