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How does the PATH and MANPATH environment variable get set?
Post 26746 by killerserv on Thursday 22nd of August 2002 09:53:05 PM
08-22-2002
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
soladdapp
soladdapp(1M) System Administration Commands soladdapp(1M) NAME
soladdapp - add an application to the Solstice application registry SYNOPSIS
/usr/snadm/bin/soladdapp [-r registry] -n name -i icon -e executable [args] DESCRIPTION
soladdapp adds an application to the Solstice application registry. After it is added, the application is displayed in the Solstice Launcher main window (see solstice(1M)). OPTIONS
-r registry Define the full path name of the Solstice registry file. -n name Define the name of the tool to be registered. -i icon Define the full path name of the tool icon. -e executable Define the full path name of the tool. args Specify any arguments to use with the tool. When executed without options, soladdapp uses /opt/SUNWadm/etc/.solstice_registry (the default registry path). RETURN VALUES
0 on success 1 on failure 2 if the registry is locked 3 if the entry is a duplicate. EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample display of the soladdapp command. The following adds an application called Disk Manager to the Solstice application registry for display in the Solstice Launcher main win- dow. # soladdapp -r /opt/SUNWadm/etc/.solstice_registry -n "Disk Manager" -i /opt/SUNWdsk/etc/diskmgr.xpm -e /opt/SUNWdsk/bin/diskmgr FILES
/opt/SUNWadm/etc/.solstice_registry The default registry path. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWsadml | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
soldelapp(1M), solstice(1M), attributes(5) NOTES
Globally registered applications are used by local and remote users sharing the software in a particular /opt directory. They can be added only using soladdapp. SunOS 5.10 15 Sep 1995 soladdapp(1M)