Creating a directory and copying scripts into the directory
To help you complete this activity, you must create a directory
and copy several scripts into the new directory. You will use these scripts
to quickly add tables and data to a new database.
A command prompt appears after each command is run.
If an error occurs, verify the syntax and retype the command.
Open a command window and change to a directory where you want
to store the files that you create during the self-study tutorial activities.
Create the DERBYTUTOR directory, as shown in the
following table. DERBYTUTOR will be your working directory for
this activity.
Command to create the <codeph>DERBYTUTOR</codeph> directory
This table lists the commands to create the DERBYTUTOR directory on UNIX and Windows systems.
Operating System
Command
UNIX (Korn Shell)
mkdir DERBYTUTOR
Windows
md DERBYTUTOR
Change to the DERBYTUTOR directory, as shown in the
following table.
Command to change to the <codeph>DERBYTUTOR</codeph> directory
This table lists the commands to change to the DERBYTUTOR directory on UNIX and Windows systems.
Operating System
Command
UNIX (Korn Shell)
cd DERBYTUTOR
Windows
cd DERBYTUTOR
Copy the SQL scripts from the
demo\programs\toursdb subdirectory into the
DERBYTUTOR directory, as shown in the following table. You will
use these scripts to create tables and add data to a new database,
toursdb.
Command to copy the SQL scripts
This table lists the commands to copy the SQL scripts to the DERBYTUTOR directory on UNIX and Windows systems.
Operating System
Command
UNIX (Korn Shell)
cp $DERBY_HOME/demo/programs/toursdb/*.sql .
Windows
copy %DERBY_HOME%\demo\programs\toursdb\*.sql .
Include the dot (.) at the end of the
command so that the files are copied to the correct location.
Verify that the files were copied to the DERBYTUTOR
directory, as shown in the following table.
Command to verify that the files were copied
This table lists the commands to verify that the files were copied on UNIX and Windows systems.
Operating System
Command
UNIX (Korn Shell)
ls
Windows
dir