Chapter 2 Paths Mentioned in Documentation

The documentation refers to:

  • <NDDSHOME>

    • This refers to the installation directory for RTI® Connext®. The default installation paths are:

    • macOS® systems:
      /Applications/rti_connext_dds-7.1.0
    • Linux systems, non-root user:
      /home/<your user name>/rti_connext_dds-7.1.0
    • Linux systems, root user:
      /opt/rti_connext_dds-7.1.0
    • Windows® systems, user without Administrator privileges:
      <your home directory>\rti_connext_dds-7.1.0
    • Windows systems, user with Administrator privileges:
      C:\Program Files\rti_connext_dds-7.1.0

    You may also see $NDDSHOME or %NDDSHOME%, which refers to an environment variable set to the installation path.

    Wherever you see <NDDSHOME> used in a path, replace it with your installation path.

    Note for Windows Users: When using a command prompt to enter a command that includes the path C:\Program Files (or any directory name that has a space), enclose the path in quotation marks. For example:

    “C:\Program Files\rti_connext_dds-7.1.0\bin\rtiddsgen”

    Or if you have defined the NDDSHOME environment variable:

    “%NDDSHOME%\bin\rtiddsgen”
  • <path to examples>

    • By default, examples are copied into your home directory the first time you run RTI Launcher or any script in <NDDSHOME>/bin. This document refers to the location of the copied examples as <path to examples>.

    Wherever you see <path to examples>, replace it with the appropriate path.

    Default path to the examples:

    • macOS systems: /Users/<your user name>/rti_workspace/7.1.0/examples
    • Linux systems: /home/<your user name>/rti_workspace/7.1.0/examples
    • Windows systems: <your Windows documents folder>\rti_workspace\7.1.0\examples

      • Where 'your Windows documents folder' depends on your version of Windows. For example, on Windows 10, the folder is C:\Users\<your user name>\Documents.

    Note: You can specify a different location for rti_workspace. You can also specify that you do not want the examples copied to the workspace. For details, see Chapter 4 Controlling Location for RTI Workspace and Copying of Examples.