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Directory Structures

This appendix describes the default directory structures created when the Oracle8 database is installed on a Windows NT server and or client computer.

Specific topics discussed are:

• Windows NT Server Directory Structure
• Client Directory Structure

Windows NT Server Directory Structure

Oracle Installer places all Oracle8 database products for the Windows NT Server by default into subdirectories of ORANT. This will be a different location if you changed the default Oracle home during installation.

The subdirectories of a basic Oracle8 Enterprise Edition installation are shown below. If you installed additional products, other subdirectories are created.

For Oracle8 Enterprise Edition, all .DLL and .EXE files and configuration variables have their version numbers appended. This convention allows you to maintain multiple releases of these items for backward compatibility. For example, the executable for the Oracle Names Control Utility version 8.0 is NAMESCTL80.EXE.

Directory Name	Contents
\A2OWIZ80	Oracle Migration Assistant for Microsoft Access files
\AGENTBIN	Oracle Intelligent Agent files and subdirectories
\BIN	Executables (for example, products like Server Manager and DBVERF80), help files, and library files
\CORE40	Oracle8 database message files
\CTX80	Oracle8 ConText Cartridge files. \CTX80 contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Upgrading scripts
\DATA	Data files
\DEMO	Demos
\DOC	Release notes
\CTXW	Oracle8 ConText Cartridge Workbench files. \CTXW contains the following subdirectories:
\DEMO	CTXQUERY demo
\IO	I/O Utility files
\MIDDLE	Configuration Manager and Viewer Cartridge
\MIGRATE	TextServer3 migration tool and documentation
\VIEWER	Viewer Control files
\DATABASE	Oracle8 Enterprise Edition starter database, password, and initialization files. \DATABASE contains the following subdirectory:
\ARCHIVE	Archive files
\DBS	Oracle Toolkit II message files, SQL scripts, and other utility files
\EERN805	Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release Notes
\JDBC	Oracle JDBC Drivers
\LIB	Library files
\SAMPLES	Sample files
\JRE11	Files and subdirectories that allow Java applications to run. It is required by many of the Oracle Assistants. \JRE11 contains the following subdirectories:
\BIN	Java executable files.
\CLASSES	Oracle Assistants executable files
\LIB	Library files
\MD80	Oracle8 Spatial Cartridge files. \MD80 contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Scripts and files
\DOC	Documentation
\MSHELP	Windows help files
\NET80	Message files and subdirectories for Net8 products. \NET80 contains the following subdirectories:   Additional Information: See Net8 Getting Started for Windows NT and Windows 95/98 for additional information on the \NET80 directory and its subdirectories.
\ADMIN	Configuration files used by Net8 for Windows NT
\AGENT	Oracle Enterprise Manager intelligent agent
\DOCS	Readme files
\ERROR	Error files placed here by default
\LOG	Log files placed here by default
\MESG	Message files
\NAMES	SQL scripts used to set up Oracle Names
\NET8ASST	Oracle Net8 Assistant files
\TNSAPI	TNS API library file
\TRACE	Trace files placed here by default
\NLSRTL33	NLS message files. \NLSRTL33 contains the following subdirectory:
\DATA	Loadable NLS files
\DEMO	Demo files
\OCI80	Oracle Call Interface (OCI) files. \OCI80 contains the following subdirectories:
\INCLUDE	Header files
\LIB	Borland C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ files
\SAMPLES	Sample files
\ODBORA32	Oracle8 ODBC files
\CPP	Subdirectories for precompilation and compilation files
\EXCEL	Excel sample files
\VP	Visual Basic files
\OISFP10	Oracle File Packager files
\OPS	Oracle Parallel Server Option files
\ORAINST	Files used by Oracle Installer. \ORAINST contains the following subdirectory:
\NLB	.NLB files
\ORD80	Object Data Cartridges: \ORD80 contains the following subdirectories:
\IMG	Oracle8 Image Cartridge files
\TS	Oracle8 Time Series Cartridge files
\VIR	Oracle8 Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge files
\OSP	Oracle Software Packager
\OTRACE80	Oracle Trace files. \OTRACE80 contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Oracle Trace administration files, including SQL scripts
\INCLUDE	Oracle Trace header files
\LIB	Oracle Trace library file
\OTT80	Object Type Translator (OTT) message and configuration files
\OWAST	Oracle Web Publishing Assistant files
\SAMPLES	Sample files
\PLSQL80	Message files, SQL scripts, and demonstration files for PL/SQL
\PLUS80	SQL*Plus SQL and message files. \PLUS80 contains the following subdirectory:
\HELP	SQL*Plus help files
\PRO80	Oracle8 database message files for Pro*C/C++
\RDBMS80	Oracle8 Enterprise Edition message, resource, and README files. \RDBMS80 contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Oracle8 database SQL scripts. Use SQL scripts to create data dictionary tables/views, and other views used by Oracle software. For more information on these scripts, see the chapter "SQL Scripts" in Oracle8 Reference.
\AQ	Advanced Queuing demos
\EXTPROC	External procedures demos
\LOADER	Sample files for SQL*Loader
\RMAN	Recovery Manager files
\TRACE	Informational trace and alert files generated by Oracle8 Enterprise Edition
\XA	Oracle XA Library files
\SYSMAN	Oracle Enterprise Manager files. \SYSMAN contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Files and tools
\BMP	Bitmap image files
\DOC	Documentation
\OLE2	Oracle Objects for OLE (OLE) files
\OSM10	Oracle Software Manager
\OUTPUT	Output files
\QTOUR	Quick Tour files
\SCRIPTS	Scripts
\SDK	SDK files
\TEMP	Temporary files placed here
\VS10	NT Backup Manager and NT Recovery Manager files

 

Client Directory Structure

Oracle Installer places all client products by default into subdirectories of ORACLE_HOME.

The subdirectories of a basic Oracle8 Enterprise Edition client installation are shown below. If you installed additional products, other subdirectories are created:

Directory Name	Contents
\BIN	Executables, help files, and library files
\CLRN80	Oracle8 Client Release Notes
\CORE40	Oracle8 database message files
\DBS	Oracle Toolkit II message files, SQL scripts, and other utility files
\JDBC	JDBC Drivers
\JRE11	Files and subdirectories that allow Java applications to run. It is required by many of the Oracle Assistants. \JRE11 contains the following subdirectories:
\BIN	Java executable files.
\CLASSES	Oracle Assistants executable files
\LIB	Library files
\MSHELP	Windows help files
\NET80	Message files and subdirectories for Net8 products. \NET80 contains the following subdirectories:   Additional Information: See Net8 Getting Started for Windows NT and Windows 95/98 for additional information on the \NET80 directory and its subdirectories.
\ADMIN	Configuration files used by Net8 for Windows NT
\AGENT	Oracle Enterprise Manager intelligent agent
\DOCS	Readme files
\ERROR	Error files placed here by default
\LOG	Log files placed here by default
\MESG	Message files
\NAMES	SQL scripts used to set up Oracle Names
\NET8ASST	Oracle Net8 Assistant files
\TNSAPI	TNS API library file
\TRACE	Trace files placed here by default
\NLSRTL33	NLS message files. \NLSRTL33 contains the following subdirectory:
\DATA	Loadable NLS files
\OCI80	Oracle Call Interface (OCI) files. \OCI80 contains the following subdirectories:
\INCLUDE	Header files
\LIB	Borland C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ files
\SAMPLES	Sample files
\ORAINST	Files used by Oracle Installer. \ORAINST contains the following subdirectory:
\NLB	.NLB files
\OTRACE80	Oracle Trace files. \OTRACE80 contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Oracle Trace administration files, including SQL scripts
\INCLUDE	Oracle Trace header files
\LIB	Oracle Trace library file
\OWAST	Oracle Web Publishing Assistant files
\PLSQL80	Message files, SQL scripts, and demonstration files for PL/SQL
\PLUS80	SQL*Plus SQL and message files. \PLUS80 contains the following subdirectory:
\HELP	SQL*Plus help files
\PRO80	Oracle8 database message files for Pro*C/C++
\RDBMS80	Oracle8 Enterprise Edition message, resource, and README files. \RDBMS80 contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Oracle8 database SQL scripts. Use SQL scripts to create data dictionary tables/views, and other views used by Oracle software. For more information on these scripts, see the chapter "SQL Scripts" in Oracle8 Reference.
\AQ	Advanced Queuing demos
\EXTPROC	External procedures demos
\LOADER	Sample files for SQL*Loader
\RMAN	Recovery Manager files
\TRACE	Informational trace and alert files generated by Oracle8 Enterprise Edition
\XA	Oracle XA Library files
\SYSMAN	Oracle Enterprise Manager files. \SYSMAN contains the following subdirectories:
\ADMIN	Files and tools
\BMP	Bitmap image files
\DOC	Documentation
\OLE2	Objects for OLE files
\QTOUR	Quick Tour files
\SCRIPTS	Scripts
\SDK	SDK files
\TEMP	Temporary files placed here

 

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