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Directory Structures

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

Specific topics discussed are:

• Oracle8i Personal Edition Directory Structure

• Filename Extensions

Oracle8i Personal Edition Directory Structure

ORACLE_BASE is the root of the Oracle directory tree.

Oracle Universal Installer places Oracle products into the \ORACLE_HOME, \ADMIN, and \ORADATA directories of ORACLE_BASE.

The \ADMIN and \ORADATA directories contain one or more \DB_NAME directories. DB_NAME is the unique name for a database and has the same value as the DB_NAME parameter in the INIT.ORA file. Database files are stored in ORACLE_BASE\ORADATA\DB_NAME.

The following sections describe these directories in ORACLE_BASE:

• ORACLE_HOME

• ADMIN

ORACLE_HOME

If you install Oracle8i Personal Edition with the Typical installation type, the following directories are created. If you install additional Oracle products, other directories are also created.

Directory	Contents
\ASSISTANTS	Oracle assistants. \ASSISTANTS contains the following subdirectories:
\DBCA	Oracle Database Configuration Assistant files
\DBMA	Oracle Data Migration Assistant files
\IFA	Oracle INTYPE File Assistant files
\JLIB	Java files used by the assistants
\BIN	Executable files
\COM	Oracle COM Automation feature files
\DEMOS	Sample SQL File
\MESG	Message Files
\DATABASE	This is a legacy directory from previous releases. It contains an initialization parameter file that points to the new directory location for initialization parameter files.
\DOC	HTML documentation library
\JAVAVM	Java Virtual Machine files.
\ADMIN	DLLs for JAVAVM
\DOC	Readme files
\IDL	Interface Definition Language files
\INSTALL	SQL files for JAVAVM
\LIB	Library Class files
\JDBC	Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) drivers files. \JDBC contains the following subdirectories:
\DOC	Documentation
\LIB	Library class files
\DEMO	Sample programs
\JLIB	Java files used by various applications
\LDAP	Directory Server files
\LIB	Library Class files
\MSHELP	Help files
\NAV81	Navigator project files
\NETWORK	Net8 files. \NETWORK contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Configuration files
\DOCS	Release notes
\INSTALL	Contains response file template for silent installation.
\JLIB	Java files used by Net8 assistants
\LOG	Log files (default location)
\MESG	Message files
\TNSAPI	Net8 Open API-related files
\TOOLS	Net8 assistant files
\TRACE	Trace files (default location)
\OCI	Oracle Call Interface files. \OCI contains the following subdirectories:
\INCLUDE	Header files
\LIB	Library files
\SAMPLES	Sample files
\OCOMMON	Oracle common files
\NLS	NLS files
\ODBC	Oracle ODBC files
\OLEDB	Oracle OLEDB files. \OLEDB contains the following subdirectories:
\DOC	User's Guide and Readme files
\INCLUDE	Header files
\LIB	Library files
\MESG	Message files
\SAMPLES	Sample Files
\OO4O	Oracle Objects for OLE files. \OO4O contains the following subdirectories:
\CPP	Header files, library files, and sample files
\EXCEL	Microsoft Excel sample files
\IIS	Internet Information Server sample files
\MESG	Message files
\VB	Visual Basic sample files
\ORACORE	Message files
\ORAINST	Sample Registry export
\OTRACE	Oracle Trace files. \OTRACE contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Administration files, including SQL scripts
\DEMO	Sample programs
\LIB	Library files
\MESG	Message files
\PUBLIC	Header files
\PLSQL	SQL scripts, sample files, and message files for PL/SQL
\DEMO	Demo files
\MESG	Message files
\PRECOMP	Object Type Translator (OTT)
\ADMIN	OTT configuration log file
\DEMO	Demo SQLs
\DOC	OTT Readme files
\MESSG	Message files
\PUBLIC	Header files
\RDBMS	Oracle Server files. \RDBMS contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Oracle database SQL scripts (including CATALOG.SQL and CATPROC.SQL). Use SQL scripts to create data dictionary tables and views, and other views used by Oracle software. Additional Information: See Chapter 5, "SQL Scripts" in Oracle8i Reference.
\DEMO	Demo files
\JLIB	Library files
\TRACE	Oracle Trace and Log files
\EXTPROC	External procedure sample files
\MESG	Message files
\XA	Oracle XA files
\RELNOTES	Release notes and Readme files
\COM	Readme file of COM Automation Feature Support
\JAVAVM	Readme file of JavaVM
\0040	Release notes of Oracle Objects for OLE
\PRECOMP	Readme file for Object Type Translator
\SQLJ	Readme file for SQLJ and JPublisher
\SLAX	Oracle SLAX files. \SLAX contains the following subdirectory:
\MESG	Message file of SLAX
\SQLJ	Oracle SQLJ Translator files. \SQLJ contains the following subdirectories:
\DEMO	Sample programs
\DOC	Release notes, white papers, package descriptions, the SQLJ specification, and the Oracle SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference
\LIB	Class files and a SQL script
\SQLPLUS	SQL*Plus files. \SQLPLUS contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	SQL scripts for administering SQL*Plus
\DEMO	SQL scripts for sample tables
\DOC	Release notes
\MESG	Message files
\SVRMGR	Oracle Server Manager files. \SVRMGR contains the following directory:
\ADMIN	Server Manager files

ADMIN

Database administration files are stored in subdirectories of ORACLE_BASE\ADMIN\DB_NAME.

The following table describes these subdirectories.

Directory	Contents
\ADHOC	Ad hoc SQL scripts
\BDUMP	Background process trace files (default location)
\CDUMP	Core dump files
\CREATE	Database creation files
\EXP	Database export files
\PFILE	Initialization parameter files
\UDUMP	User process trace files (default location)

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
.idl	Interface Definition Language files
.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
.rsp	Response file for slient installation
.sql	SQL* script files
.tab	SQL* script file
.trc	trace files

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