NAME

binder − modify deskset bindings data base

SYNOPSIS

binder

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 modify a data base.  This data base describes bindings between types of files, and how they will be displayed and manipulated by the icon that the file will be displayed with, the color of the icon, the method to use for printing that file, and the program to be used for viewing that kind of file. 

Files may be described in one of 2 ways; by a name pattern or by their magic number (as defined in the /etc/filetype file). 

The user has 2 data bases available to them.  When install_filemgr is run on their system, a data base is installed in /etc/filetype.  With the binder, the user may also set up another data base in $HOME/.filetype that will override the entries in the /etc/filetype data base.  By doing this, the user may customize their working environment without affecting others. 

Applications that use the bindings data base in OpenWindows Version 2 are:

filemgr(1)
binder(1)
printtool(1)
mailtool(1)

FILES

/etc/magic
/etc/filetype
$HOME/.filetype

BUGS

Changing your bindings will not automatically update all those tools that read the bindings data base.  Each tool will have to be quit and restarted to make the new bindings effective. 

install_filemgr must be run as root, and requires that $OPENWINHOME be set for the root user.  Most root users do not have that variable set. 
 

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 11 June 1990