Kbase P21117: Does progress support the use of symbolic links?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
05/07/2007 |
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Status: Verified
GOAL:
Does Progress support the use of symbolic links?
GOAL:
Does Progress support the use of soft links?
GOAL:
Can a progress database structure be created using symbolic linked directories?
FACT(s) (Environment):
All Supported Operating Systems
Progress/OpenEdge Versions
OpenEdge Category: Installation
FIX:
A symbolic link on Unix is much like a shortcut on a Windows system. Often shortened to symlink and also known as a soft link. It is a file that only contains the name of another file and points to that other file. On accessing a link, the operating system follows the pointer to the other file and accesses its contents. The symbolic link will behave differently on different platforms.
Currently, Progress does not support the use of symbolic links nor are there plans to do so. If you create a multi-volume database using prostrct utilities then you can't then use a symbolic link path to connect to the database, for example. This is because the .db file (or control area) then has absolute pathnames (as opposed to relative paths) hardcoded within it, and when you go to start the database it checks to see whether the names within the .db file are the same as the directory containing the files. Using symbolic links adds a further layer of administration to the configuration and thus potentially represents a further point of failure.
Progress does not support the use of symbolic links. Do not use them to access Progress.