Other VLAB Utilities

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• builddbase
• lookupid
• wwwobject
• xless

builddbase

This utility generates new IDs for all object in a given database, and then generates a ID lookup table. 

Usage: builddbase oofs_dir oofs_dir   the root object in the database            where the IDs are to be generated

 

WARNING This program will destroy the existing IDs - thus most likely damaging your hofs. Only use this program on brand-new oofs databases, for which you do not have any hyperlinks.

lookupid

This utility is good for debugging purposes. It is used to find an object in a given database given its id.

Usage: lookupid oofs_loc id oofs_loc   location of the oofs database, in the            same format as for the browser id         the id to lookup in the database

wwwobject

This program is used when you want to invoke VLAB objects from an Internet browser, such as Netscape. It can handle .object links, containing the location of an object to be invoked. You can read more about this in

xless

xless is a utility which displays text in a window. The text can be either read from a file or standard input. The command line arguments are as follows: 

Usage: xless [-help] [-auto] [filename] -help      gives you this help -auto      adjusts the number of columns            automatically to the longest line filename   name of the file to display (if not            specified, standard input is read)