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dtsearchpath(1)
CDE
NAME
  dtsearchpath - sets desktop search paths

SYNOPSIS
  dtsearchpath [-u username] [-v] [-c] [-o]

OPTIONS
  -u username
      Causes dtsearchpath to return the search paths for the specified user.
      This option is useful for system administrators who need to understand
      the search paths for a particular user.

  -v  The verbose option causes dtsearchpath to print to standard output the
      values of the search environment formatted for easier human reading.

  -c  The C shell option causes dtsearchpath to print to standard output
      values of the search environment suitable for evaluation by a C shell
      script. Without this option the command returns values suitable for
      evaluation by a Bourne Shell script.

  -o  The don't-optimize option causes dtsearchpath to add a path to the
      search path even if the path does not exist.

DESCRIPTION
  The dtsearchpath command line utility sets local and remote locations that
  desktop components should search for Application Manager groups, for file
  type and action definitions, for desktop icons, and for help files.

  The /usr/dt/bin/Xsession startup script sources the user's $HOME/.dtprofile
  script and any scripts located under /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d and
  /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d. After sourcing the Xsession.d files, the
  Xsession script will invoke /usr/dt/bin/dtsearchpath to set and export the
  environment variables DTAPPSEARCHPATH, DTDATABASESEARCHPATH,
  DTHELPSEARCHPATH, XMICONSEARCHPATH and XMICONBMSEARCHPATH (see the
  ENVIRONMENT heading in this reference page for a more detailed
  description).

  Search Path Syntax

  Each of the exported search path variables is supported by, that is, built
  from, two comma-separated search path environment variables. For example:
  DTAPPSEARCHPATH is supported by DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS and DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS.
  XMICONSEARCHPATH is supported by DTSPSYSICON and DTSPUSERICON.

  The input search path environment variables fall into two categories -
  those that support the host:/path syntax and those that do not. If the name
  of the input environment variable contains the string HOSTS, it will
  support host:/path syntax. The syntax for search paths that support
  host:/path is:

       search path element
       [ host | pathname | hostname+pathname ]
       host
       <hostname> :
       pathname
       /<absolute path>

  The syntax for search paths that do not support host:/path is:

       search path element
       [ pathname ]
       pathname
       /<absolute path>

  Examples

  To set the Icon search path to include the /usr/local/games/icons
  subdirectory, the following line would appear in a script in the
  /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/ subdirectory: DTSPSYSICON=/usr/local/games/icons

  To set the Database search path to include host marlin, the following line
  would appear in a script in the /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/ subdirectory:
  DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS=marlin:

  To set the Application Manager path to include the applications on host
  steelhead under subdirectory /usr/local and under the default help location
  on host halibut, the following line would appear in a script in the
  /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/ subdirectory:
  DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS=steelhead:/usr/local,halibut:

  The dtsearchpath command line utility parses these path elements and
  transforms them into a form suitable for the desktop components.

  If a host element is included, then the Tooltalk library's file name
  mapping capabilities will control how a path to files on that host are
  constructed. For example, the path to file /tmp/file on host goby may be
  constructed as /net/goby/tmp/file or as /nfs/goby/tmp/file.

  Default Locations

  By default, dtsearchpath sets up three search locations for each subsystem.
  In search order, they are:

    ·  The user's personal location, under $HOME/.dt

    ·  The system administrator's configuration location, under
       /etc/dt/appconfig

    ·  The factory default location, under /usr/dt/appconfig

  By default, the command returns values suitable for evaluation by a Bourne
  Shell script.

  Precedence

  When searching a path for a particular item, such as an icon file, the
  desktop will always be satisfied by the first item found. For example, when
  searching for an icon whose basename is beeper, if that icon exists in both
  the /etc/dt/appconfig/icons and the /usr/dt/appconfig/icons subdirectories,
  then the icon under /etc/dt/appconfig/icons will be found first and used,
  because that element appears first in the XMICONSEARCHPATH.  The search
  terminates when the first match occurs.

  Each of the DTSPSYS search path environment variables has a corresponding
  DTSPUSER environment variable which will take precedence over the system
  setting. The DTSPUSER values will be prepended to the DT search path
  whereas the DTSPSYS values will come after the $HOME/.dt configuration
  location but before the factory default location. The relationship between
  the system administrator's customization and the default /etc/dt
  configuration location is up to the user of the DTSPSYS value.

NOTES
  In order to inject the values from dtsearchpath into the user's
  environment, the command must be evaluated, as is done by the Xsession
  login script.

       eval `/usr/dt/bin/dtsearchpath`

  Simply running dtsearchpath from the command line will have no affect on
  the parent shell.

  It is not possible to affect the desktop search paths after logging in.
  Components such as the Window Manager and File Manager inherit the values
  from dtsearchpath by being invoked from the same shell.  If the system
  administrator creates a new search path element for the end user, the user
  will not be able to access it until their next login.

RETURN VALUES
  0   Command completed successfully.

  1   Command invoked with incorrect usage.

ENVIRONMENT
  The values set by dtsearchpath are passed through to the individual desktop
  subsystems, such as the action database and the help system, by means of
  environment variables.

  The DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS variable is the primary environment variable and drives
  the remaining search paths for file types and actions, for desktop icons,
  and for help files.

  In the following list, all values are derived from three places:  the
  user's $HOME directory ($HOME/.dt), the system configuration directory
  (/etc/dt/appconfig), and the factory defaults directory
  (/usr/dt/appconfig).	The values are listed as transformed for the
  individual desktop subsystems.

  To verify these values, execute dtsearchpath with the verbose (-v) option.

  DTAPPSEARCHPATH, DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS, DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS: Used to discover
  application hosts and their registry subdirectories. The default
  transformed value is:

       $HOME/.dt/appmanager
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C

  Where %L is the value of the LANG environment variable.

  The value of DTAPPSEARCHPATH can be altered by either of two environment
  variables: DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS and/or DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS.  DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS is for
  use by system administrators. Values are specified by adding a ksh script
  to the /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d directory that exports the variable.

  export DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS=marlin:,goby:/vipapps,/opt

  The expected syntax for DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS is a comma-separated list.
  DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS accepts host:, host:/path, or /path. The effect is to
  insert a search path after the configuration location
  (/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager) and before the factory default location
  (/usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager).

       $HOME/.dt/appmanager
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /nfs/marlin/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /nfs/marlin/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /nfs/goby/vipapps/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /nfs/goby/vipapps/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /opt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /opt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C

  If the system administrator wants the local configuration directory to
  appear in a different location within the configurable search paths, the
  special host term localhost: can be inserted anywhere into the environment
  variable:

  export DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS=marlin:,localhost:,goby:/vipapps,/opt

  The resulting value for DTAPPSEARCHPATH would be:

       $HOME/.dt/appmanager
       /nfs/marlin/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /nfs/marlin/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /nfs/goby/vipapps/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /nfs/goby/vipapps/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /opt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /opt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C

  In fact, the value localhost: can be inserted anywhere in the
  DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS value and its order within the DTSPSYSAPPHOSTS will be
  reflected in the DTAPPSEARCHPATH value.

  DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS is for use by end users.  Values are specified by
  exporting the value in the user's .dtprofile.

  export DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS=appsvr:,/myapps

  DTSPUSERAPPHOSTS also accepts host:, host:/path, and /path specifications.
  The effect is to insert a search path before any other searchpath.

       /nfs/appsvr/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /nfs/appsvr/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /myapps/appmanager/%L
       /myapps/appmanager/C
       $HOME/.dt/appmanager
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C

  DTDATABASESEARCHPATH, DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS, DTSPUSERDATABASEHOSTS: Used to
  collect file type and action definitions, as expressed in *.dt files. The
  default transformed value is:

       $HOME/.dt/types
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C

  Where %L is the value of the LANG environment variable.

  The value of DTDATABASESEARCHPATH can be altered by either of two
  environment variables: DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS and/or DTSPUSERDATABASEHOSTS.
  DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS is for use by system administrators. Values are
  specified by adding a ksh script to the /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d directory
  that exports the variable.

  export DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS=marlin:,goby:/vipapps,/opt

  The expected syntax for DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS is a comma-separated list.
  DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS accepts host:, host:/path, or just /path. The effect
  is to insert a search path after the configuration location
  (/etc/dt/appconfig/types) and before the factory default location
  (/usr/dt/appconfig/types).

       $HOME/.dt/types
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       marlin:/etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       marlin:/etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       goby:/vipapps/appconfig/types/%L
       goby:/vipapps/appconfig/types/C
       /opt/appconfig/types/%L
       /opt/appconfig/types/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C

  As is the case for DTAPPSEARCHPATH, the placement of the local
  configuration directory can be affected by the adding special host term
  'localhost:' to the DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS environment variable.

  export DTSPSYSDATABASEHOSTS=marlin:,localhost:,goby:/vipapps.

  The resulting value for DTDATABASESEARCHPATH would be:

       $HOME/.dt/types
       marlin:/etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       marlin:/etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       goby:/vipapps/appconfig/types/%L
       goby:/vipapps/appconfig/types/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C

  DTSPUSERDATABASEHOSTS is for use by end users.  Values are specified by
  exporting the value in the user's .dtprofile.

  export DTSPUSERDATABASEHOSTS=dbsvr:,/mytypes

  DTSPUSERDATABASEHOSTS also accepts host:, host:/path, and /path
  specifications. The effect is to insert a search path before any other
  searchpath.

       dbsvr:/etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       dbsvr:/etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       /mytypes/types/%L
       /mytypes/types/C
       $HOME/.dt/types
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/%L
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C

  XMICONSEARCHPATH, XMICONBMSEARCHPATH, DTSPSYSICON, DTSPUSERICON: Used to
  locate desktop icons. The default transformed value is:

       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.pm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.bm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B

  Where %B is the basename of the requested icon, %M is the magnitude (size)
  of the icon, and %L is the value of the LANG environment variable.

  The value of XMICONSEARCHPATH can be altered by either of two environment
  variables: DTSPSYSICON and/or DTSPUSERICON.  DTSPSYSICON is for use by
  system administrators. Values are specified by adding a ksh script to the
  /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d directory that exports the variable.

  export DTSPSYSICON=/vipapps/icons

  The expected syntax for DTSPSYSICON is a comma-separated list.  DTSPSYSICON
  accepts the /path format. The effect is to insert a search path after the
  configuration location (/etc/dt/appconfig/icons) and before the factory
  default location (/usr/dt/appconfig/icons).

       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.pm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.bm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M
       /vipapps/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /vipapps/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /vipapps/icons/%L/%B%M
       /vipapps/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /vipapps/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /vipapps/icons/C/%B%M
       usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M

  The placement of the local configuration directory can be affected by the
  adding the path term /etc/dt/appconfig to the DTSPSYSICON environment
  variable.

  export DTSPSYSICON=/vipapps/icons,/etc/dt/appconfig

  The resulting value for XMICONSEARCHPATH would be:

       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.pm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.bm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M
       /vipapps/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /vipapps/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /vipapps/icons/%L/%B%M
       /vipapps/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /vipapps/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /vipapps/icons/C/%B%M
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M
       usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M

  DTSPUSERICON is for use by end users. Values are specified by exporting the
  value in the user's .dtprofile.

  export DTSPUSERICON=$HOME/myicons

  DTSPUSERICON accepts /path specifications.  The effect is to insert a
  searchpath before any other search path.

       $HOME/myicons/%B%M.pm
       $HOME/myicons/%B%M.bm
       $HOME/myicons/%B%M
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.pm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M.bm
       $HOME/.dt/icons/%B%M
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.pm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M.bm
       /etc/dt/appconfig/icons/C/%B%M
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/%B%M
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M.pm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M.bm
       /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C/%B%M

  DTHELPSEARCHPATH, DTSPSYSHELP, DTSPUSERHELP: Used to locate help volumes
  and families for the desktop help subsystem. The default transformed value
  is:

       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.hv
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv

  Where %H is the basename of the requested help volume, and %L is the value
  of the LANG environment variable.

  The value of DTHELPSEARCHPATH can be altered by either of two environment
  variables: DTSPSYSHELP and/or DTSPUSERHELP.  DTSPSYSHELP is for use by
  system administrators. Values are specified by adding a ksh script to the
  /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d directory that exports the variable.

  export DTSPSYSHELP=/vipapps/help

  The expected syntax for DTSPSYSHELP is a comma-separated list.  DTSPSYSHELP
  accepts the /path format. The effect is to insert a search path after the
  configuration location (/etc/dt/appconfig/help) and before the factory
  default location (/usr/dt/appconfig/help).

       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.hv
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv
       /vipapps/help/%L/%H
       /vipapps/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /vipapps/help/%L/%H.hv
       /vipapps/help/C/%H
       /vipapps/help/C/%H.sdl
       /vipapps/help/C/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv

  The placement of the local configuration directory can be affected by the
  adding the path term /etc/dt/appconfig to the DTSPSYSHELP environment
  variable.

  export DTSPSYSHELP=/vipapps/help,/etc/dt/appconfig

  The resulting value for DTHELPSEARCHPATH would be:

       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.hv
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.hv
       /vipapps/help/%L/%H
       /vipapps/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /vipapps/help/%L/%H.hv
       /vipapps/help/C/%H
       /vipapps/help/C/%H.sdl
       /vipapps/help/C/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv

  DTSPUSERHELP is for use by end users. Values are specified by exporting the
  value in the user's .dtprofile.

  export DTSPUSERHELP=$HOME/myhelp

  DTSPUSERHELP accepts /path specifications.  The effect is to insert a
  searchpath before any other search path.

       $HOME/myhelp/%H $HOME/myhelp/%H.sdl
       $HOME/myhelp/%H.hv
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/<session>/%H.hv
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.sdl
       $HOME/.dt/help/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl z.br /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv

  (See also the OPTIMIZATIONS heading in this reference page.)

  At the conclusion of dtsearchpath, DTSPSYS and DTSPUSER variables are
  explicitly unset, so that only the DT*SEARCHPATH values remain.

  MANPATH, DTMANPATH: In addition to setting the application search paths,
  dtsearchpath augments the MANPATH environment variable with the path to the
  CDE reference pages, /usr/dt/man. For example, if the value of MANPATH
  prior to execution of: dtsearchpath is:

  /net/manserver/usr/man:/usr/man then the augmented value will be:
  /usr/dt/man:/net/manserver/usr/man:/usr/man.

  If the MANPATH environment variable is not set prior to the invocation of
  dtsearchpath, the system-defined default value of MANPATH will be included
  in the augmented MANPATH value. For example, if the system-defined default
  value is: /usr/man:/usr/local/man then dtsearchpath will generate a MANPATH
  value of: /usr/dt/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man

OPTIMIZATIONS
  Before exporting the search paths to the user's environment, dtsearchpath
  first checks to ensure that each subdirectory exists.	 If a directory does
  not exist at login, then that element will not be added to the user's
  search path, to save needless file system accesses by the desktop
  components.

LOCALES
  Each of the search path elements contain a path that references the LANG
  variable using the %L construct. When the user selects a different language
  from the greeting screen and logs in, the search path will already be set
  up. At the same time, the factory defaults are still included, but after
  the localized elements.

  For example, if the user chooses the German locale from the greeting
  screen, then his or her DTDATABASESEARCHPATH will already include these
  elements, as specified by the LANG value set at session startup:

  $HOME/.dt/types /etc/dt/appconfig/types/%L /etc/dt/appconfig/types/C
  /usr/dt/appconfig/types/%L /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C

  (See also the OPTIMIZATIONS heading in this reference page.)

  Note that the search path does not use locales under the user's $HOME
  directory. Whether the user adds personal icons under $HOME/.dt/icons or
  personal applications under $HOME/.dt/appmanager, they will be found
  regardless of the language selected at login.

FILES
  $HOME/.dtprofile
      Enables setting of the user's DTSPUSER environment variables.

  Xsession.d/*
      Enables setting of the system DTSPSYS environment variables.

SEE ALSO
  dtappgather(1)

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