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Directory Structures

This appendix describes the default directory structures created when you install Oracle8i Client components.

Specific topics discussed are:

• Oracle8i Client Directory Structure

• Filename Extensions

  See Also: Chapter 3, "Multiple Oracle Homes and Optimal Flexible Architecture" for more information on Oracle homes and OFA. See especially "Directory Tree of a Sample OFA-Compliant Database" for a depiction of how the default OFA-compliant directory tree is organized. Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for directory structures for those products.

Oracle8i Client Directory Structure

ORACLE_BASE is the root of the Oracle directory tree.

Oracle Universal Installer places Oracle8i Client products into the \ORACLE_HOME directory of ORACLE_BASE.

If you install Oracle8i Client with the Programmer installation type, the following ORACLE_HOME directories are created.

Directory	Contents
\ASSISTANTS	Oracle assistants
\BIN	Executable files
\DOC	HTML documentation library
\JAVAVM	Java Virtual Machine files
\JDBC	Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) drivers files
\JLIB	Java files used by various applications
\LDAP	Files used by directory client libraries
\LIB	Java VM and EJB jar files
\MSHELP	Help files
\NETWORK	Net8 files
\OCI	Oracle Call Interface files. \OCI contains the following subdirectories:
\INCLUDE	Header files
\LIB	Library files
\SAMPLES	Sample files
\OCOMMON	NLS files
\ODBC	Oracle ODBC files
\OLEDB	OLE DB files
\OO4O	Oracle Objects for OLE files
\ORACORE	Message files
\ORD	Data option files. \ORD contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	SQL scripts
\AUD	Oracle interMedia Audio files
\IMG	Oracle interMedia Image files
\MESG	Message files
\TS	Oracle Time Series files
\VID	Oracle interMedia Video files
\VIR*	Oracle Visual Information Retrieval files
\IM	Oracle interMedia files
\JLIB	Java libraries for Oracle options
\TRACE	Oracle Trace files
\OWM	Oracle Wallet Manager files
\PLSQL	Message files for PL/SQL
\PRECOMP	Precompiler files
\RDBMS	Oracle Server files
\RELNOTES	Release Notes
\SLAX	Message files
\SQLJ	SQLJ files
\SQLPLUS	SQL*Plus files

Filename Extensions

A description of filename extensions is shown below.

Extension	Description
.AUD	Oracle audit file
.BMP	bitmap file
.C	C source file
.CTL	SQL*Loader control file; Oracle Server control file
.DAT	SQL*Loader datafile
.DBF	Oracle Server tablespace file
.DMP	Export file
.DOC	ASCII text file
.H	C header file; also, SR.H is a SQL*Report Writer help file
.JAR	Java class archive
.LIS	output of SQL*Plus scripts
.LOG	installation log files; Oracle Server redo log files
.MK	make files
.MSB	NLS message file (binary)
.MSG	NLS message file (text)
.O	object module
.ORA	Oracle configuration files
.PC	Pro*C source file
.PCO	Pro*COBOL source file
.SQL	SQL* script files
.TAB	SQL* script file
.TRC	trace files