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Results User’s Guide
for UNIX


Contents of a User Directory

Each Results user has a unique userid.qd file. The userid.qd file holds the information about the physical filenames that map to the user’s descriptions for the Reports, Exports, and Labels modules. Although more than one user can access information in the same database, users must have their own directories to hold their generated reports, labels, and export formats.

NOTE: When you do not use the User ID (-U) startup option on DOS or OS/2, the file is named results.qd, by default.

If Results cannot find the QD file in the PROPATH, it creates one in the current directory. Each user has their own QD file because if two users try to change the same QD file at the same time the file can be corrupted.

The Contents of a User Directory option enables you to view the contents of any user’s directory. To select a user, enter the full pathname of the user’s QD file and press RETURN or GO. The contents of the user’s directory appears in the following categories: data export formats, label formats, and report definitions. The name of the database used to create the data export formats, labels, and reports appears after the name you gave it. For more information about the QD file, see "Files that Results Creates."


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