Writing a SCOadmin manager

Create the SCOadmin manager (object) directory

A SCOadmin manager (or ``object'') consists of these support files:

activation file
title file
toolbar pixmaps (optional)

The title file provides the name of the application that will be displayed by the SCOadmin launcher. Title files are stored under localized subdirectories (for example, en_US). here is a sample title file for a manager called Foo:

   Foo Manager

The activate.scoadmin file contains the correct path and invocation to start up the application, for example:

   #!/bin/sh
   /usr/bin/scoadmin/foo/fooGUI

All of these items should be present in your protoype file for installation:

   d none /usr/lib/scoadmin/foo/foo.obj 0755 bin bin
   d none /usr/lib/scoadmin/foo/foo.obj/en_US 0755 bin bin
   f none /usr/lib/scoadmin/foo/foo.obj/en_US/title
   d none /usr/lib/scoadmin/foo/foo.obj/C 0755 bin bin
   f none /usr/lib/scoadmin/foo/foo.obj/C/title
   f none /usr/lib/scoadmin/foo/foo.obj/activate.scoadmin

For more information on the object files, see scoadmin(4).

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