Localizing app-defaults Resource Files

The default location for the app-defaults file for the desktop clients is /usr/dt/app-defaults/language. For example, if LANG is set to Swedish_locale, then applications will look for their app-defaults file in /usr/dt/app-defaults/Swedish_locale. If LANG is not set, language is ignored, and applications look for their app-defaults file in /usr/app-defaults/C.

To change the location of app-defaults, use the XFILESEARCHPATH environment variable. For example, to move app-defaults to /users, set XFILESEARCHPATH to /usr/app-defaults/language/classname.

If you set XFILESEARCHPATH in HomeDirectory/.dtprofile, the value applies to all desktop and X clients you run. Nonclients will not find their resource files unless you link or copy them into the directory specified by XFILESEARCHPATH.