This command is a tool for operating the development environment, and is used to display and edit module and decription files.
If the files are located in the src or desc subdirectory below the MaxDB_DEV directory (General Directory Structure), they are opened directly and can be modified accordingly.
If the are not located in these subdirectories, the system searches for their first occurrence in the development hierarchy and copies them to the tmp subdirectory below the MaxDB_DEV directory so that they can be displayed.
The files are displayed with the program that is referred to by the environment variable $EDITOR.
iview vcn12.cpp
iview dbmcli.lnk
You can also use the -l option to access all of the versions of a file within the development hierarchy, even though they are also located in the MaxDB_DEV directory.
iview –l1 co.com
Specify the name of the file (and not the complete path) in accordance with the naming conventions for files for all of the file names transferred as parameters.
Changes to the files that are relevant for translation can only be carried out if the files are directly located in the development area. You can copy these files with icp.pl.