[224] in installers
Oracle files
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Regina Gogol)
Fri Jan 29 16:34:44 1999
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:33:50 -0500
To: ds-ask@MIT.EDU
From: Regina Gogol <rlgogol@MIT.EDU>
Cc: ops@MIT.EDU, azary@MIT.EDU, installers@MIT.EDU, network@MIT.EDU,
sharari@MIT.EDU, repa@MIT.EDU, sendpubs@MIT.EDU
Hello,
Jim Repa wrote a nice Perl program platform_edit.pl which allows you to convert a text file with platform specific line-end characters to another platform "format". Thank you, Jim.
I prepared a new tnsnames.ora file to publish in the db services athena locker and used Jim's program to generate *.ora files for three platforms: mac, windows and unix. The program is located in the ds directory: /afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/netdist. The program uses the configuration file platform_edit.conf which is in the same directory. There is a Readme file in that directory with instructions as well.
Three sub-directories were created for the final platform specific files:
/afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/public/macora
/afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/public/unixora
/afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/public/winora
The new procedure of publishing a new version of any of Oracle files will be as following:
1. The database group prepares a new tnsnames.ora or sqlnet.ora or both files and places
them in the /afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/netdist directory.
2. The config file platform_edit.conf is checked and updated if needed.
3. The platform_edit.pl program is executed. It places a new version of an oracle file in three
appropriate directories and sends e-mail to ds-ask@mit.edu & netreq@mit.edu
with notifications:
We've got new Oracle-related files:
/afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/public/unixora/tnsnames.ora
/afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/public/macora/tnsnames.ora
/afs/athena.mit.edu/astaff/project/ds/dbms/oracle/public/winora/tnsnames.ora
The network services updates files on the netdist server for Oracle installers.
Note for Publications.
Please update web pages with the reference to the old oracle files locations. I know only one page "Basic FAQS About SQL*Net at MIT". Possibly there are other. Please feel free to call me or other database group members if there are questions.
Regina Gogol
MIT, Information Systems
Database Services
Phone: (617)253-0553
Fax: (617)253-7661
rlgogol@mit.edu
