For proper operation of IBM Informix Dynamic Server it is necessary to use certain environment variables. These environment variables should have an effect on all users. To do this you have to create one of the following shell scripts in the directory /etc/profile.d, depending on the type of OS shell.

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As root create the file informix.sh:

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cd /etc/profile.d

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cat > informix.sh

Paste the following code:

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export INFORMIXDIR=`grep "^informix:" /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{ print $6 }'`
export INFORMIXSERVER=`uname -n|awk -F'.' '{print $1}'`

#ISO1 Locale
#export DB_LOCALE=es_es.8859-1
#export CLIENT_LOCALE=es_es.8859-1

#ISO15 Locale
#export DB_LOCALE=es_es.8859-15
#export CLIENT_LOCALE=es_es.8859-15

#UTF8 Locale
export DB_LOCALE=en_us.utf8
export CLIENT_LOCALE=en_us.utf8

export DBDATE=DMY4-

#Expand abbreviated year values. Default is R.
#export DBCENTURY=C

#Set DBMONEY to evade bug 173783 in IDS 10.0XC3
#export DBMONEY=,

export PATH=${PATH}:${INFORMIXDIR}/bin
export TERM=vt100

#In AIX is necessary sice it uses terminfo
export TERMCAP=${INFORMIXDIR}/etc/termcap

#4GL compatibility
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${INFORMIXDIR}/lib:${INFORMIXDIR}/lib/esql:${INFORMIXDIR}/lib/tools:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}

Give the new file execution permissions:

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chmod +x informix.sh

And take the values of the environment variables:

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su -

Environment variables

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