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That old $TNS_ADMIN environment variable
Somebody reminded me that I should include the $TNS_ADMIN
variable to avoid unnecessary file searches (minor expense) in the Mac configuration instructions. This eliminates additional searches when running sqlplus
and tnsping
executables. I’ve updated that blog page with those instructions. It’s not necessary to make it work but it does avoid a read to the local and /etc
directories on your Mac OS X for a tns_names.ora
file before reading it from the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
directory.