Common Desktop Environment: Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide

To Create an Execution Alias

To create an execution alias in an application's application defaults file, use this resource specification syntax:

application_name.executionAlias.alias_name: command

Where:

application_name

Name or class name of the application that owns the help volume

executionAlias

Keyword that identifies the resource is an alias

alias_name

Name assigned to the command

command

Shell command or script to be executed for this link

There is no restriction on the length of the command string. To enter commands with multiple lines, end each line (except the last) with a \ (backslash).