VSQL_HOME

By default, the vsql program reads configuration files from the user's home directory. In cases where this is not desirable, the configuration file location can be overridden by setting the VSQL_HOME environment variable in a way that does not require modifying a shared resource.

In the following example, vsql reads configuration information out of /tmp/jsmith rather than out of ~.

# Make an alternate configuration file in /tmp/jsmith
mkdir -p /tmp/jsmith
echo "\\echo Using VSQLRC in tmp/jsmith" > /tmp/jsmith/.vsqlrc
# Note that nothing is echoed when invoked normally
vsql
# Note that the .vsqlrc is read and the following is
# displayed before the vsql prompt
#
# Using VSQLRC in tmp/jsmith
VSQL_HOME=/tmp/jsmith vsql