File path terminology

Generic file paths are used to describe the location of files used by CICS® Transaction Gateway.

Installation directory

The term <install_path> is used in file paths to represent the location where you installed the product.

Windows

You can choose the location for the product files during the installation of CICS Transaction Gateway on Windows, by default:

<install_path>

is:

%Program Files(x86)%/IBM/CICS Transaction Gateway on 64-bit Windows systems.

Common application data on Windows

On Windows the term <product_data_path> is the directory used by the CICS Transaction Gateway for common application data.

The <product_data_path> is a fully qualified directory path, the definition of <product_data_path> appends the Windows common application data directory with the subdirectory IBM/CICS Transaction Gateway.

When the Windows common application data directory is:

%ProgramData%

the <product_data_path> is:

%ProgramData%/IBM/CICS Transaction Gateway

The installation process creates environment variable CTG_DATA_PATH set with the value of <product_data_path>.

The Windows common application data directory is a hidden folder.

UNIX

For new installations of CICS Transaction Gateway on UNIX:

<install_path> is /opt/IBM/cicstg

Linux

For new installations of CICS Transaction Gateway on Linux®:

<install_path> is /opt/ibm/cicstg

Java home directory

The term <java_path> is used in the file paths to represent the location of the Java™ home directory.

Software Developer Kit

The <SDK_path> is used to denote where the Software Developer Kit (SDK) has been installed.