odbcinst(1)                  unixODBC manual pages                 odbcinst(1)

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.

SEE ALSO
       odbcinst.ini(5), odbc.ini(5)

AUTHORS
       The authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> and
       Nick Gorham <nick@lurcher.org>. 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.

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