---
name: "name-client-2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "orbit2-nameserver"
version: "1:2.14.19-2+b1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/name-client-2"
---

# name-client-2(1)

CORBA Naming Service client

## NAME

name-client-2 - CORBA Naming Service client

## SYNOPSIS

**name-client-2** \[*root*\] \[\[bind\] \| \[rebind\] \| \[bind\_context\] \| \[rebind\_context\]\] \[*name*\] \[*object-id*\]

**name-client-2** \[*root*\] \[\[resolve\] \| \[unbind\] \| \[bind\_new\_context\] \| \[list\] \| \[destroy\]\] \[*name*\]

**name-client-2** \[*root*\] \[**new\_context**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**name-client-2** is used to query or control a CORBA Name Service, such as the **orbit-name-server-2**.

## OPTIONS

**name-client-2** accepts the following arguments:

Binds or rebinds an object or naming context to name.

Resolves, unbinds, lists, or destroys name or binds name to a new context.

Creates a new naming context and writes its IOR to standard output.

Components of name are delimited by / (slash).

*id* and *kind* of those components are delimited by . (dot).

*root* denotes the IOR of the root naming context, it is either:

• the IOR itself

• **--stdin**: the IOR is read from stdin.

• **--gnome**: the GNOME Name Server is used.

*object-id* is the IOR of an object.

## FILES

On startup, **name-client-2** tries to read the files /etc/orbitrc and $HOME/.orbitrc. The format of these files is not yet documented in Debian.

## SEE ALSO

ORBit2 web pages: **GNOME**\[1\], **SourceForge**\[2\]

## AUTHORS

This manual was written by W. Borgert for Debian GNU/Linux.

## AUTHOR

**W. Borgert** \<debacle@debian.org\>

Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003 W. Borgert\

## NOTES

- 1\.

  GNOME

  http://www.gnome.org/projects/ORBit2/

- 2\.

  SourceForge

  http://orbit-resource.sourceforge.net/