Setting the Value of a Search Path

You can modify the search paths on a system-wide or personal basis. Modifications are done by setting values for the system-wide or personal input variables. Any modifications you make are added to the built-in search path locations.

To See the Current Value for a Search Path (Output Variable)

Use the dtsearchpath command to display the current values for the search paths:
- To obtain the value for the current (login) user, execute:
  dtsearchpath -v
- To obtain the value for a different user, execute:
  dtsearchpath -u user

Search path values include these variables:

%H%	Used in DTHELPSEARCHPATH. The help volume name.
%B%	Used in XMICONSEARCHPATH. The base name of an icon file.
%M%	Used in XMICONSEARCHPATH. The size of the icon file (`.l`, `.m`, `.s`, `.t`)
`%L`%	Value of the LANG environment variable.

To Make Personal Modifications to a Search Path

Open HomeDirectory/.dtprofile for editing.
Add or edit a line defining a value for the personal input variable.
For example, the following line adds a location to the user's personal application search path:
DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS=/projects1/editors
To make the change take effect, log out and back in.

To Make System-Wide Modifications to a Search Path

Log in as root.
If the file /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths doesn't exist, create it by copying /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths.
Open /etc/dt/Xsession.d/0010.paths for editing. Add or edit a line defining a value for the system-wide input variable.
For example, the following line adds a location to the system-wide help search path:
DTSPSYSHELP=/applications/helpdata
Inform all users on the system that they must log out and back in for the change to take effect.

Setting the Value of a Search Path

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To See the Current Value for a Search Path (Output Variable)

To Make Personal Modifications to a Search Path

To Make System-Wide Modifications to a Search Path