OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Chapter 19. Viewing the Structure and Contents
of a Namespace
When you need to view the structure and contents of the cell namespace, you can use
one or more programs provided by CDS. The CDS browser (cdsbrowser) allows you to
display namespace information in a windowing environment, while the DCE control
program (dcecp) and CDS control program (cdscp) display the information through their
command line interfaces. This chapter explains how to use the CDS browser, dcecp, and
cdscp to display namespace information.
19.1 Viewing the Namespace with the CDS Browser
The CDS browser is a tool for viewing the content and structure of a namespace, which
runs on workstations with the OSF/Motif graphical user interface or compatible software.
The program can display an overall directory structure as well as show the contents of
directories, enabling you to monitor growth in the size and number of directories in a
namespace. You also can customize the CDS browser so that it displays only a specific
class of object names.
To start the CDS browser, enter the following at your system prompt:
$ cdsbrowser
To end a CDS browser session and return to your system prompt, choose Quit from the
File pull-down menu. (See the cdsbrowser(8cds) reference page for a complete
description of the cdsbrowser command.)
19.1.1 Displaying the Default Namespace
The CDS browser lets you view the default namespace for your system. You can see
only the entries in the namespace to which you have read permission. Directories to
which you do not have read permission do not appear. When you use the CDS browser, it
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