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  • From: Daniel Fazekas <fdsubs AT t-online.hu>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] Location of freetds.conf
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:52:13 +0100

On Jan 14, 2010, at 15:58, Luis de Vasconcelos wrote:

> Recently somebody asked if the FreeTDS configuration file, freetds.conf,
> MUST be stored in the C:\ drive. Apparently this requirement is hard-coded
> into FreeTDS. Is this correct?

No.

> Or is it possible to put the .conf file somewhere else on the server? If
> so, how does FreeTDS know where to find it?

You could set the FREETDS environment variable to point to the new location
and file name of the config file.
http://www.freetds.org/userguide/envvar.htm

Or you can recompile FreeTDS and change the default location compile time.





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