Oracle® DBA Automation Quick Reference

Response File Syntax

NetCA response files are plain text files. Installer settings are specified as name/value pairs in the following form:

<name> = <value>

<name> is always a single string, with no spaces, and is case-insensitive.

<value> can be a number, Boolean, string, or string list. The different value types are shown in Table 2-3:

Table 2-3. Value Types Supported by NetCA Response Files

Type	Example
Number	99
Boolean	TRUE
String	“Sample string”
String List	{ “string1”, “string2” }

Boolean values are completely case-insensitive.

Under some circumstances, and for no apparent reason, some string values must be enclosed in doubled double quotes. The two variables that need this special treatment are noted in Table 2-5. For example:

 INSTALL_TYPE=""typical"" ...