---
name: "po_catref"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "polyorb-servers"
version: "2.11~20140418-3.2+b1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/po_catref"
---

# po\_catref(1)

view the components of a stringified reference

## NAME

po\_catref - view the components of a stringified reference

## SYNOPSIS

**po\_catref** *REFERENCE*

## DESCRIPTION

[po\_catref(1)](/po_catref/1.md) is an utility for viewing the components of a stringified reference (CORBA IOR, corbaloc or URI). The reference’s components include references to access an object through multiple protocols (e.g. CORBA IIOP, SOAP) and configuration parameters associated with a reference (e.g. GIOP Service Contexts).

**Note**: [po\_catref(1)](/po_catref/1.md) can only process protocols PolyORB has been configured with.

## OPTIONS

*REFERENCE*

Stringified reference to analyse and display.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Reto Buerki \<reet@codelabs.ch\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

## RESOURCES

Polyorb User Manual: http://www.adacore.com/wp-content/files/auto\_update/polyorb-docs/polyorb\_ug.html/