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<refentry id="gnome-open-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>gnome-open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">6 Sep 2004</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>gnome-open</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>open

a file using the appropriate application</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="gnome-open-1-name"><refname>gnome-open</refname><refpurpose>

open a file using the appropriate application</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="gnome-open-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="plain"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>URL</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para><command>&cmd;</command> opens a file from the command line by launching

the appropriate application that is associated with the file mime type.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.

See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>

<para>The following operands are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow">

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>URL</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the name of the <replaceable>URL</replaceable> to open.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Opening a Text File in the Home Directory</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; README.txt</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-envr"><title>&envr-tt;</title>

<para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for descriptions of the following environment

variables: NLSPATH.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term><listitem><para>

Executable to open a file using the appropriate application</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>library/gnome/gnome-libs</para></entry>

</row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle>

for your platform.</para>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-open-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>