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<pre class="programlisting">#include <db.h>
int
DB_ENV->set_data_dir(DB_ENV *dbenv, const char *dir); </pre>
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This interface has been deprecated. You should use
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Set the path of a directory to be used as the location of the access
method database files. Paths specified to the
<a class="xref" href="dbopen.html" title="DB->open()">DB->open()</a> function will be
searched relative to this path. Paths set using this method are
additive, and specifying more than one will result in each specified
directory being searched for database files. If any directories are
specified, database files will always be created in the first
path specified.
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If no database directories are specified, database files must be named
either by absolute paths or relative to the environment home
directory. See <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_naming.html" class="olink">Berkeley DB File Naming</a> for more information.
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The database environment's data directories may also be configured
using the environment's <a href="../../programmer_reference/env_db_config.html#env_db_config.DB_CONFIG" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file. The
syntax of the entry in that file is a single line with the string
"set_data_dir", one or more whitespace characters, and the directory
name.
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The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_data_dir()</code> method configures operations performed
using the specified <a class="link" href="env.html" title="Chapter 5. The DB_ENV Handle">DB_ENV</a>
handle, not all operations performed on the underlying database environment.
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The <code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_data_dir()</code> method may not be called after the
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The <span class="bold"><strong>dir</strong></span> parameter is a directory to
be used as a location for database files.
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When using a Unicode build on Windows (the default), this argument will be interpreted
as a UTF-8 string, which is equivalent to ASCII for Latin characters.
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If the method was called after <a class="xref" href="envopen.html" title="DB_ENV->open()">DB_ENV->open()</a>
was called; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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