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NAME
       oafd - the GNOME Object Activation Daemon.


SYNOPSIS
       oafd [options]


DESCRIPTION
       The  oafd  daemon provides a simple naming-service wrapper
       for GNOME applicatinos that are using  CORBA,  Orbit,  OAF
       and/or Bonobo.


       oafd  is  normally  started  automatically  when the gnome
       desktop is started.


OPTIONS
       --ac-activate
              Serve as an ActivationContext  (default  is  as  an
              ObjectDirectory only)


       --ior-output-fd=FD
              File descriptor to write IOR to


       --od-domain=DOMAIN
              Domain of ObjectDirectory


       --od-source-dir=DIRECTORY
              Directory to read .oafinfo files from


AUTHOR
       The Gnome Project



GNOME                      12 Oct 2001                    oafd(d)