AD Relink (adrelink.sh)

1. What is AD Relink used for ?

AD Relink is used to relink AD executables. The other executables must be relinked using adadmin.

This must be done when:

• the executable programs become corrupt
• the executable programs are accidentally deleted
• the server libraries are updated

NOTE: If an executable needs to be relinked during a patching this will be done automatically by AutoPatch. 

2. Which UNIX account has to run the AD Relink ?

The owner of the Middle-Tier (applmgr)

3. How to run AD Relink

adrelink force={y|n} [<optional args>] <targets>    => to relink programs individually
or:

adrelink force={y|n} [<optional args>] filelist=<file>    => to relink many programs (are written in a "filelist" file)

where

 <targets> = { <product module> [<product module>] ... }
 <product module> = "<product> <module name>"
- <product> should be in lower case
- <module name> should exactly match the executable name

Valid <optional args> are:

envfile=adsetenv.sh
Used only by the 'adsetup' script

link_debug={y|n}
Will we link executables with debug or not? Default is 'n'

backup_mode={none|all|file}
Which executables will we back up when linking with force=y?

Default is 'file'. Meanings are:
- none: do not back up any executables
- all : back up all executables
- file: do what $APPL_TOP/admin/adlinkbk.txt says to do

NOTES: 

a) force={y|n} is used to specify whether to relink regardless of the status of the library or object files.

b) adrelink.sh is situated in $AD_TOP/bin/ directory.

More Information:

http://www.appsdba.info/docs/oracle_apps/R12/Ad_Relink.pdf