Hi Informix Gurus,

How will I know if Informix 7.30.FC7XB is a 32 bit or 64 bit application?

Any reply is highly appreciated.

Thanks.

Hello,
I had to figure this out on my AIX machines befoer an upgrade, so I am not sure exactrly how generic what I did is and if it applies to the OS you are using, but if your using AIX then your in luck!

I used the "file" command to interogate every file on my system by looking at each files magic number like so:

# step one-build a list of all objects
find / -ls|awk '{print $3,$11}'|grep '^-'|awk '{print
$2}'>/sysadmin/upgradev5r2/all_objects

# step 2-get magic number attributes based on list
file -f all_objects>all_objects_attributes

# step 3-grep out 64bit executables
more all_objects_attributes|grep '64-bit AIX executable'>all_64_bit_exe

I also did something similar to track down all of the shell scripts on my system. The file command (for AIX) has a documented catalog of attribute types that allow you to id just about any kind of object on the system!

Thanks Noober you gave me an idea!

Hi,

It is a 64 bit Informix version meant for 64 bit Unix OS.

If by any chance, you have already installed it, you can query in one of database with the SQL below:

select
case
when dbinfo('version','os') = 'U' then '32 bit Unix'
when dbinfo('version','os') = 'F' then '64 bit Unix and 64 bit Informix'
when dbinfo('version','os') = 'H' then '64 bit Unix and 32 bit Informix'
when dbinfo('version','os') = 'W' then 'Windows'
when dbinfo('version','os') = 'T' then 'Windows NT / 2000'
else 'Unknown OS version'
end
from systables where tabid=1;

Regards,
Shriyan

Thanks Shriyan it's been a big help!....................