The desktop uses search paths to locate applications and their
associated desktop files.
The desktop provides five search
paths, described in Table 7-1 “Desktop Search
Paths”
Table 7-1 Desktop Search
Paths
Search Path | Description |
|---|
Applications | Used to locate applications. Application
Manager uses the application search path to dynamically populate
its top level when a user logs in. |
Database | Used to specify additional locations
for action and data type definition files (*.dt
files) and Front Panel files (*.fp
files). |
Icons | Used to specify additional locations
for icons. |
Help data | Used to specify additional locations
for desktop help data. |
The search paths can include both local and remote directories.
Thus, the search paths play an important role in the networking
architecture of the desktop. For example, a system finds applications
on an application server because that application server is listed
in the application search path.
When a search path includes a remote location, you must configure
remote file access to the location. For more information, see “Configuring
Distributed File System Access”.
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