File locations and installation settings

When you install SQL Anywhere, several directories are created. Some of the files in these directories are essential, and others are not.

SQL Anywhere software, whether you receive it as a product or bundled as part of another product, is installed under a single installation directory. The SQLANY16 environment variable specifies the location of the installation directory.

SQL Anywhere installation directory

The SQL Anywhere installation directory itself holds several items, including the following:

Read Me First A Read Me First file holds last minute information.

For platforms other than Windows Mobile, there are several directories under the installation directory:

Executable directories There is a separate directory for each operating system platform, which holds configuration files and context-sensitive help files.
On Windows, except Windows Mobile, these files are installed in the bin32 or bin64 directory. If you are using Unix, they are installed in the bin32 or bin64 and lib32 or lib64 directories.

You only have the directories required for your operating system version.
java directory JAR files are stored in this directory.
scripts directory The scripts directory contains SQL scripts that are used by the database administration utilities and as examples.
\SDK\Include directory The \SDK\Include directory contains header files for developing C/C++ applications for SQL Anywhere. On Unix, this directory is called include.

File locations and installation settings

SQL Anywhere installation directory

Windows Mobile file locations

Unix file locations

Samples directory

See also