NAME

binder - modify deskset bindings database

SYNOPSIS

binder [ -user |-system |-network ]

AVAILABILITY

This command is available with the OpenWindows environment.

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 you are root.

The three Classing Engine databases are located in:

$OPENWINHOME/lib/cetables/cetables,
/etc/cetables/cetables, and
$HOME/.cetables/cetables, respectively.

By doing this, users may customize their working environment without affecting others.

Applications that use the bindings database in OpenWindows are:

filemgr(1)

binder(1)

imagetool(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 for the new bindings to take effect.

SEE ALSO

filemgr(1), ce_db_build(1), ce_db_merge (1)

OpenWindows user documentation

"About Binder" in the Help Handbook available through the Help option on the Workspace menu.