The fnbind utility binds the reference named by name to the name new_name. The second synopsis of fnbind (uses the -r option) allows the binding of new_name to the reference constructed using arguments supplied in the command line.

The following options are supported:

-s

Bind to new_name even if it is already bound. If this option is omitted, fnbind fails if new_name is already bound.

-v

Display the reference being bound to new_name.

-L

Create an XFN link using name and bind it to new_name.

-r

Create a reference using ref_type as the reference's type, and one or more pairs of addr_type and addr_contents as the reference's list of addresses, and bind this reference to new_name. Unless the -O or -U options are used, FN_ID_STRING is used as the identifier format for ref_type and addr_type. Unless the -c or -x options are used, addr_contents is stored as an XDR-encoded string.

-c

Store addr_contents in the given form; do not use XDR-encoding.

-x

addr_contents specifies a hexadecimal string. Convert it to its hexidecimal representation and store it; do not use XDR-encoding.

-O

The identifier format is FN_ID_ISO_OID_STRING, an ASN.1 dot-separated integer list string.

-U

The identifier format is FN_ID_DCE_UUID, a DCE UUID in string form.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

fnlookup(1), fnrename(1), fnunbind(1), FN_identifier_t(3XFN), xdr(3NSL), attributes (5), fns(5), xfn_links(3XFN)