Where Do Lawson Files Reside?

Files used by Lawson programs are stored in several directories. The directory names are environment variables that define the paths for the directories. The required directories are designated at installation time. The installation program also creates any required subdirectories in each directory. Other directories may be set as environmental variables for your convenience. The path names attached to these variables must be unique, although different environments can share the same $GENDIR directory.

Note: These files, directories and environment variables are stored in the application server and not in the database server.

What Is the Lawson Environment Variable Naming Standard?

An environment variable name is shown as $VARIABLE.

Note: The full path name for environment variables cannot be more than 20 characters.

For example, environment variables and subdirectories are shown as:

$GENDIR/java/jar

$LAWDIR/ dataarea

GENDIR

$GENDIR is the directory path in which utilities and other files are stored. Original copies of configuration files are also stored here.

$GENDIR/bin Executables
$GENDIR/system Server configuration file templates
$GENDIR/install Install scripts, logs, and output files created at install time
$GENDIR/bpm Files needed for Process Server

Default path

/gen

LAWDIR

$LAWDIR is the directory path where the product lines and server configuration files are located.

$LAWDIR/system Server configuration and log files
$LAWDIR/dataarea Product line information
$LAWDIR/dataarea Data area information
$LAWDIR/bpm Process Server information

Default path

/apps

LADBDIR

$LADBDIR is the directory path where the dictionary files are located (data is stored in the RDBMS).

Default path

/DB

WEBDIR (optional)

The $WEBDIR directory is an optional variable you can set for the base directory on the web server in which certain presentation layer directories and files reside. Lawson documentation sometimes uses this term to refer to the web server document root directory, as shown in the following table.

$WEBDIR/lawson/MyPortal Web server components for Lawson Portal. The location of MyPortal is defined at installation time.
$WEBDIR/lawson/MyStudio Web server components for the Lawson Design Studio. The location of MyStudio is defined at installation time.

Default path

DocumentRootDirectory