When you start Proenv, it does the following:

  • Sets the default DLC directory to the location of the OpenEdge installation.
  • Establishes the default Proenv directory.
  • Adds the DLC environment variable (%DLC% in Windows and $DLC in UNIX) to your computer’s PATH environment variable.

The default directories for Windows and UNIX are:

Operating system

Default DLC directory

Default Proenv directory

Windows

C:\Progress\OpenEdge

C:\OpenEdge\WRK

UNIX

/usr/dlc

/usr/wrk

When you use Proenv, you should be mindful of your working directory because your database files are stored in it. You can change the working directory to any directory of your choice using the cd command.

In Windows, suppose you want to change the default working directory to C:\OpenEdge\WRK\dba\db. Enter:

cd C:\OpenEdge\WRK\dba\db

In UNIX, you can use the cd command to switch to a directory of your choice.