Finding a Document Server

If this is the first time you have started the AnswerBook2 viewer, the software displays a list of the complete library (all collections and their books) installed on the "default" document server. The "default" server is identified using one of the following mechanisms:

1. If you have defined the environment variable, AB2_DEFAULTSERVER, the AnswerBook2 viewer launches using the URL defined by that variable. For example, you might have the following line in your .cshrc file:

   setenv AB2_DEFAULTSERVER http://imayoyo.eng.sun.com:8888/

2. If the machine from which you initiated the AnswerBook2 function is a document server, the AnswerBook2 viewer launches using the URL: localhost:8888.

3. If you are using FNS (Federated Naming Services), the AnswerBook2 viewer launches using the document servers it finds under the FNS thisorgunit/answerbook/servers list. For more information about FNS, see "Registering the Server".

If you have no document servers available, you can also access Sun's master document server at http://docs.sun.com.