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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Appendix B. The interfaces File</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="userguide.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="FreeTDS User Guide" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="FreeTDS User Guide" /><link rel="prev" href="linker.conclusion.html" title="Keep in Mind" /><link rel="next" href="interfaceslocation.html" title="Where it goes" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Appendix B. The <code class="filename">interfaces</code> File</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="linker.conclusion.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="interfaceslocation.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="appendix"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="interfacesfile"></a>Appendix B. The <code class="filename">interfaces</code> File</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="interfacesfile.html#interfacesorigin">Where it came from</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="interfaceslocation.html">Where it goes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="interfacespurpose.html">What it does</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="interfacesformat.html">What it looks like</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="abstract"><p class="title"><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The <code class="filename">interfaces</code> file is retained for compatibility with Sybase environments. It is recommended that new users use the <a class="link" href="freetdsconf.html" title="The freetds.conf file">freetds.conf</a> format instead.</p></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="interfacesorigin"></a>Where it came from</h2></div></div></div><p>Under Sybase OpenClient there is a file called <code class="filename">interfaces</code> that defines servers available to the software. <span class="productname">FreeTDS</span> inherited this file structure with minor alterations. The <code class="filename">interfaces</code> remains supported for backward compatibility, and for those running in a mixed <span class="productname">FreeTDS</span>/Sybase environment.</p><p>The <code class="filename">interfaces</code> is not read by <span class="productname">FreeTDS</span> unless it does not find <code class="filename">freetds.conf</code>. Note also that <span class="command"><strong>make install</strong></span> will install a skeleton <code class="filename">freetds.conf</code>, which you'll have to remove if you want to use <code class="filename">interfaces</code> instead.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="linker.conclusion.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="interfaceslocation.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Keep in Mind </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Where it goes</td></tr></table></div></body></html>