Chapter 7. System Executable Files

Although most of these files are executable by user accounts, they have been collected into a separate listing.They are usually relegated to specific database system events, as opposed to the everyday use of the commands discussed in Chapter 6, “User Executable Files.” Generally, these files are to be used for server control instead of as client utilities.

The following sections include the typical file locations of the discussed commands. These locations usually differ depending on whether the database system was installed from source code or from an RPM package.

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