NAME
answerbook - browse, search, and view on-line documentation
SYNOPSIS
answerbook [ navigator-options ]
DESCRIPTION
answerbook starts up navigator(1) (the AnswerBook Navigator
window) on the OpenWindows desktop after performing several
tasks to initialize the AnswerBook environment. These tasks
are important to the proper functioning of the AnswerBook
software, so navigator should always be invoked via answer-
book, rather than invoked directly by the user.
answerbook performs the following functions each time it
runs:
Verify OpenWindows environment
Makes sure that $OPENWINHOME is set, that the correct
version of OpenWindows (version 3.3 or greater) is run-
ning, etc.
Source answerbook_setup
If there is an executable sh or ksh shell script called
"answerbook_setup" in the user's search path, source
it. Typically, this file would contain shell commands
that enable access to shared AnswerBooks available on
the network. See the "AnswerBook Administration" guide
for more information on sharing AnswerBooks on a net-
work.
Find locally installed AnswerBooks
If there are any AnswerBooks installed on the local
machine, find them (using pkginfo(1) ) and make them
available to the current AnswerBook session.
Verify AnswerBooks present
Make sure there is at least one AnswerBook available to
the user in the current AnswerBook session. If not,
print an error message and exit.
Create Personal Library
For first-time AnswerBook users, create a personal
AnswerBook library file ($HOME/.ab_library) that
includes all the currently accessible AnswerBooks. See
ab_library(4) for more information.
Start AnswerBook Navigator
Invoke navigator(1), passing on any command line
options with which it was invoked.
OPTIONS
answerbook passes all command line options on to naviga-
tor(1).
ENVIRONMENT
AB_CARDCATALOG
answerbook makes locally installed AnswerBooks accessi-
ble by appending their card catalog file names to the
this environment variable, which navigator uses in
assembling its list of available AnswerBooks. See
ab_cardcatalog(4) for more information.
OPENWINHOME
This environment variable must be set appropriately.
FILES
$HOME/.ab_cardcatalog
Personal card catalog file.
$HOME/.ab_library
Default AnswerBook library file. Created automatically
by answerbook for first-time AnswerBook users.
answerbook_setup
Shell script containing AnswerBook setup commands, typ-
ically for enabling access to shared AnswerBooks on the
network. If there is a file by this name in the user's
search path, answerbook sources it.
/tmp/ab_cardcatalog.*
Temporary card catalog file occasionally generated by
answerbook to facilitate access to locally installed
AnswerBooks.
DIAGNOSTICS
If answerbook finds no AnswerBooks during the initialization
process, it prints a message to the console and exits
without starting up the AnswerBook Navigator.
SEE ALSO
ab_admin(1), docviewer(1), navigator(1), ab_cardcatalog(4),
ab_library(4)
NOTES
Pre-Solaris 2.2 AnswerBooks come with answerbook scripts of
their own that are customized for that particular Answer-
Book. These scripts do not work under OpenWindows 3.2, and
are obviated by the new answerbook script.
AnswerBook is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
licensed to SunSoft, Inc.
The OpenWindows environment may no longer be supported in a
future release. You may want to migrate to CDE, the Common
Desktop Environment.
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