NAME

       odbcinst - A unixODBC utility for managing configuration files

SYNOPSIS

       odbcinst ACTION OBJECT OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION

       odbcinst  is a command-line utility allowing users who develop install scripts or packages
       for ODBC drivers to easily create or remove entries in odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini.

       The utility is part of the odbcinst component  of  unixODBC  and  complements  the  shared
       library of the same name (libodbcinst).

OPTIONS

   ACTIONS
       -i     Install a new OBJECT (by adding a section to a configuration file).

       -u     Uninstall an existing OBJECT (by removing a section from a configuration file).

       -q     Query  ODBC  configuration  files  and  print  available  options for the specified
              OBJECT.

       -j     Print the current configuration  of  unixODBC,  including  paths  to  configuration
              files.

       -c     Call SQLCreateDataSource.

       -m     Call SQLManageDataSources.

       --version
              Display the program version.

   OBJECTS
       -d     The  specified  ACTION  affects  a  driver (and thus the odbcinst.ini configuration
              file).

       -s     The specified ACTION affects a data source (and thus the user  or  system  odbc.ini
              configuration file).

   OPTIONS
       -f FILE
              FILE is a template describing the configuration of the installed OBJECT (only valid
              with the -i ACTION).

       -r     Act in the same way as for the -f OPTION, but take standard input as  the  template
              file.

       -n NAME
              Specifies the NAME of the OBJECT.

       -v     Disable all information, warning and error messages.

       -l     The  specified data source is system-wide. This option is only valid when used with
              the -s OBJECT.

       -h     The specified data source is user-specific. This option is  only  valid  when  used
              with the -s OBJECT.

RETURN VALUES

       odbcinst returns zero on success and a non-zero value on failure.

FILES

       /etc/odbcinst.ini
              Configuration  file containing all database driver definitions. See odbcinst.ini(5)
              for more information.

       /etc/odbc.ini
              Configuration file containing system-wide Data Source Name (DSN)  definitions.  See
              odbc.ini(5) for more information.

       $HOME/.odbc.ini
              Configuration file containing user-specific Data Source Name (DSN) definitions. See
              odbc.ini(5) for more information.

SEE ALSO

       odbcinst.ini(5), odbc.ini(5)

AUTHORS

       The authors of unixODBC  are  Peter  Harvey  <pharvey@codebydesign.com>  and  Nick  Gorham
       <nick@lurcher.org>.

       For a full list of contributors, refer to the AUTHORS file.

COPYRIGHT

       unixODBC  is  licensed  under the GNU Lesser General Public License. For details about the
       license, see the COPYING file.