Typographical Conventions

The following table lists the typographical conventions used in this guide:

Convention	Use
TIBCO_HOME	Many TIBCO products must be installed within the same home directory. This directory is referenced in the documentation as TIBCO_HOME. The default value of TIBCO_HOME depends on the operating system. For example, on Windows systems, the default value is C:\tibco.
DS_INSTALL	TIBCO GridServer® installs into a directory within TIBCO_HOME named datasynapse. This directory is referenced in the documentation as DS_INSTALL. The default value of DS_INSTALL depends on the operating system. For example, on Windows systems, the default installation directory is C:\tibco\datasynapse.
DS_MANAGER	The Manager directory contains the read-only software files; by default, it is a directory within DS_INSTALL named manager, and is referred to as DS_MANAGER. For example, on Windows systems, the default Manager directory is C:\tibco\datasynapse\manager.
DS_DATA	The data directory is the location of all volatile files used by the application Server such as server properties and configuration. By default, it is a directory within DS_INSTALL named manager-data, and is referred to as DS_DATA. For example, on Windows systems, the default data directory is C:\tibco\datasynapse\manager-data.