BINDER(1) — USER COMMANDS
NAME
binder − modify deskset bindings database
SYNOPSIS
binder [ −user | -system | -network ]
AVAILABILITY
This command is available with the OpenWindows environment. For information about installing OpenWindows, refer to the OpenWindows Installation and Start-Up Guide.
DESCRIPTION
binder is an OpenWindows XView tool that allows the user to bind applications, icons, colors, print methods, and open methods to files. A binding is a logical connection between file types and elements such as file types, applications to be invoked when a file is opened, print scripts, or icons that the File manager Print Tool, Mail Tool, and other DeskSet applications use to display and operate on files.
The binder displays all the bindings stored in three different Classing Engine databases: a network database, a system database, and a private user database. These are the Classing Engine databases used by all applications in the DeskSet Environment to determine how to display, print, and open any file. You cannot modify a system or network binding unless they are root.
The three Classing Engine databases are located in: $OPENWINHOME/lib/cetables/cetables, /etc/cetables/cetables, $HOME/.cetables/cetables, respectively. By doing this, the user may customize their working environment without affecting others.
Applications that use the bindings database in OpenWindows Version 3 are:
filemgr(1)
binder(1)
printtool(1)
mailtool(1)
OPTIONS
-user Modify your private database bindings. This is the default mode.
-system Modify the system database bindings. You must be root to start the binder with this option.
-network Modify the network database bindings. You must have root access on the OpenWindows server workstation.
FILES
$OPENWINHOME/lib/cetables/cetables
/etc/cetables/cetables
$HOME/.cetables/cetables
BUGS
Changing your bindings will not automatically update all those tools that read the bindings database. Each tool will have to be quit and restarted to make the new bindings effective.
SEE ALSO
Sun Release 4.1 — Last change: 1 March 1991