Re: Reply: TBCONFIG - ON THE NOSE !

In article <1lrbe7INN223@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com (Jack Parker) writes: >Article 2558 (115 more) in comp.databases.informix: >Date: 16 Feb 93 18:23:03 GMT ... >} $INFORMIXDIR/etc/tbconfig.std was missing, but I thought nothing of it ... >} I find this very strange. It tells me that tbconfig.std needs to be around >} for moral support of some kind, and the file pointed to by TBCONFIG is >} what the initialization routine relies on for data. I hope this helps. Yes. It is used as a template by tbmonitor. When you change a parameter that must be written back to your customized tbconfig file (eg. TBCONFIG=tbconfig.mine), tbmonitor will only write out the configuration parameters that occur in the tbconfig.std. This can cause some strange problems on later versions of 4.1, where you can set parameters that were not in the original tbconfig.std. For example, if you manually add the line LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU modified end-cleaning limit (percent) to your customized tbconfig file when there is no mention of LRU_MIN_DIRTY in tbconfig.std, then the next time you change a configuration parameter interactively using tbmonitor, your LRU_MIN_DIRTY setting will disappear from your customized tbconfig file. -- ,-_|\\ Adam Tiller Phone: +61 3 286 3603 / \\ Co-Cam Computer Group Fax: +61 3 416 2985 \\_,-._/ Abbotsford, Melbourne Work: adamt@mel.cocam.oz.au v AUSTRALIA Play: adamt@peg.apc.org