Appendix A. Files That the Database Server Uses

This appendix provides brief summaries of the files that you use when you configure and use the database server. It also includes descriptions of files (and one directory) created and used internally by the database server. For many of these files, your only responsibilities are to recognize that those files are legitimate and refrain from deleting them.

Pathnames that appear in the following format indicate files that reside on UNIX: /directory/filename. Pathnames that appear in the following format indicate files that reside on Windows: \directory\filename.

In some cases, environment variables are used to specify the initial pathname of a file. On UNIX, references to environment variables begin with a dollar sign: $INFORMIXDIR. On Windows, references to environment variables begin and end with percent signs: %INFORMIXDIR%.