RE: Importance of local bin directory while running root.sh

Thanks for your input, Paul. I donot see a version number in dbhome, oraenv and 
coraenv  but the header has a date as to when this script was created. Do these 
scripts have any code changes between versions? In that case, replacing a 9i 
dbhome, oraenv and coraenv with a 10g installation should be ok but not 
otherwise? What are your comments?

--Sundar
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From: Paul.Baumgartel@xxxxxxx [mailto:Paul.Baumgartel@xxxxxxx]
Sent: July 16, 2010 10:34 AM
To: Mahadevan, Sundar; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Importance of local bin directory while running root.sh

The local bin directory (/usr/local/bin or whatever) does not refer to an 
ORACLE_HOME directory; rather, it identifies a directory for executables and 
binaries used system-wide that aren't part of the vendor's system software.  
The files dbhome and oraenv are shell scripts that are used to set one's 
environment to a particular ORACLE_HOME on a server.


Paul Baumgartel
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mahadevan, Sundar
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:23 AM
To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Importance of local bin directory while running root.sh
Hi All,
Good morning. While running root.sh as root during binary installation (any 
version), the questions below come up. What is the importance of 
/usr/local/bin? My understanding is that the value should be the 
$ORACLE_HOME/bin instead of /usr/local/bin. Am I right? When there are many 
ORACLE_HOME with different versions(lets say 9i, 10g and 11g), what impact does 
it have on the setting of local bin directory location? Ideally speaking, do I 
have to set them to their respective $ORACLE_HOME/bin ? Many Thanks for your 
help.

# /opt/oracle/products/9208/root.sh
Running Oracle9 root.sh script...
The following environment variables are set as:
    ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
    ORACLE_HOME=  /opt/oracle/products/9208
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
The file "dbhome" already exists in /usr/local/bin.  Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]:
The file "oraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin.  Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]: y
   Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
The file "coraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin.  Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]: y
   Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Adding entry to /var/opt/oracle/oratab file...
Entries will be added to the /var/opt/oracle/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.

--Sundar

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