infocenter Command

Purpose

Starts the Information Center in a browser window.

Syntax

infocenter

Description

The infocenter command starts the Information Center in a browser window. The Information Center is the primary location for finding information about your system. With the Information Center you can navigate and search the documentation.

The Information Center can also be started by clicking the Information Center icon in the Help panel available from the CDE toolbar.

Note: The Information Center is available only by means of an HTML browser. If the default URL is an external address, then access to the Internet is required. The infocenter command (and the Information Center icon) activates the browser and directs the browser to the Web address of the Information Center.

The Web address of the Information Center is in the /usr/lpp/bosinst/bos.vendor.profile file. If the Information Center Web address is provided in this file, it will be in the following format:

export INFORMATION_CENTER_URL=information center url

If a line similar to this does not exist in the /usr/lpp/bosinst/bos.vendor.profile file, or if the file does not exist, the user will receive a message indicating that the Information Center cannot start because an Information Center URL was not found.

Files

Item	Description
/usr/sbin/infocenter	Starts the Information Center in a browser window.
/usr/lpp/bosinst/bos.vendor.profile	Contains vendor profile information including the Web address used by the infocenter command.