Common Questions After Installing Pervasive.SQL

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This section contains information that you should read after running the installation program. If you are having problems with your installation, go to Chapter 21, Troubleshooting After Installation or get help online from our Knowledge Base website at http://support.pervasive.com/eSupport.

How Do I Read the Online Documentation?

Man pages are provided for the executable files. To make these man pages available, add $PVSW_ROOT/man to your MANPATH environment variable.

Online documents in HTML format are available in the following directory by loading the index.html document in a browser:

/usr/local/psql/docs/html 

There is also a README file on the distribution media that has the latest changes and additions to Pervasive.SQL V8.

What Files Were Installed as Part of Pervasive.SQL V8?

For a given OS platform, installing Pervasive.SQL V8 places the directories and files specified below on your system. $PVSW_ROOT refers to the root directory where Pervasive.SQL files are installed. By default it is set to the following:

Default $PVSW_ROOT

/usr/local/psql  

Path from $PVSW_ROOT	File	Description
./	LICENSE	License information
./bin
	btadmin	Add Pervasive user and passwords
	butil	Btrieve maintenance utility
	clilcadm	License administrator utility
	dbmaint	Database maintenance utility
	dsnadd	Add DSN utility
	event.log	Pervasive.SQL event log
	instwrap
	mkded	Btrieve database server daemon
	odbcci.so	ODBC driver shared object
	odbctest	ODBC client utility
	psregsvr	Pervasive Services
	pvdbpass	Database password utility
	pvswauth
	sqlmgr	Pervasive.SQL connection manager
./data/DEMODATA		Sample University database
	billing.mkd	Billing table
	class.mkd	Class table
	course.mkd	Course table
	dept.mkd	Department table
	enrolls.mkd	Enrolls table
	faculty.mkd	Faculty table
	field.ddf	Field DDF file
	file.ddf	File DDF file
	index.ddf	Index DDF file
	person.mkd	Person table
	room.mkd	Room table
	student.mkd	Student table
	tuition.mkd	Tuition table
./data/samples
	sample.btr	Sample Btrieve file
	upper.alt	Alternate collating sequence
./doc	readme.html	HTML Readme
	readme.txt	Text Readme
./doc/html	index.html	Pervasive.SQL HTML documentation
./etc
	bti.ini	MicroKernel configuration settings: generated automatically on first engine startup.
	btpasswd	User passwords file
	dbnames.cfg	Master table of database names
	odbc.ini	ODBC settings
	preinstall.sh	Shell script that runs before product installation
	postinstall.sh	Shell script that runs after product installation
	preuninstall.sh	Shell script that runs before product removal
	postuninstall.sh	Shell script that runs after product removal
	psregistry.ini	Registry information for server
./lib		Library shared objects
./log		Log files directory
./man/man1		Man pages directory
	btadmin.1	btadmin man page
	butil.1	butil man page
	clilcadm.1	clilcadm man page
	dbmaint.1	dbmaint man page
	dsnadd.1	dsnadd man page
	mkded.1	mkded man page
	sqlmgr.1	sqlmgr man page

Where To Go From Here

Your Pervasive.SQL V8 package should be ready to use.

• If you are having difficulties after installing, please see Chapter 21, Troubleshooting After Installation.
• For information about user licenses, see Pervasive.SQL User's Guide - Chapter 4, License Administrator.
• To install Linux clients, see Installing Pervasive.SQL Linux Requesters