gnome-open

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2008-07-04
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NAME

gnome-open - Open files and URLs using the GNOME file handlers

SYNOPSIS

gnome-open [OPTION]... [URL]...

DESCRIPTION

This program opens files using file handlers configured in GNOME.

OPTIONS

Usage: gnome-open [OPTION...]

Dynamic Modules

--load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,...

: Dynamic modules to load

Help Options

-?, --help

: Show a brief help message

--usage

: Display a brief usage message

Bonobo activation Support

--oaf-ior-fd=FD

: File descriptor to print IOR on

--oaf-activate-iid=IID

: IID to activate

--oaf-private

: Prevent registering of server with OAF

GNOME Library

--disable-sound

: Disable sound server usage

--enable-sound

: Enable sound server usage

--espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT

: Host:port on which the sound server to use is running

--version

: Prints the version number

EXAMPLES

Open a web page

: gnome-open www.gnome.org

Open an OpenOffice.org document

: gnome-open Spinach.odf

Open a directory in Nautilus

: gnome-open ~

Send an e-mail

: gnome-open mailto:gnome-list@mail.gnome.org

Possible useless use of gnome-open

: gnome-open /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jonathan Carter <jonathan@ubuntu.com>