Thank you all very much for your kind help! Just stumbled over "xdg-open" which is available on the newer Linux systems (part of the xdg-utils).
---rony On 19.08.2010 22:17, CVBruce wrote: > FYI, On Mac OS X, it is just open, i.e. open http://www.RexxLA.org or > open /opt > > Bruce > On Aug 19, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Mike Cowlishaw wrote: > >> How about just using the URL as the command? On Windows that will >> open the WWW page using the default browser. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Rony G. Flatscher [mailto:rony.flatsc...@wu-wien.ac.at] >> *Sent:* 19 August 2010 20:53 >> *To:* ooRexxDevel >> *Subject:* [Oorexx-devel] Linux question: alternatives for >> "gnome-open" ? >> >> Hi there, >> >> maybe someone may know whether there is a matching commandline >> tool on Fedora/SuSE resp. to "gnome-open", which allows one to >> supply a URL or a path to a directory which then gets opened with >> an appropriate GUI (firefox or Nautilos/Konqueror). >> >> Eg. >> >> * "gnome-open http://www.ooRexx.org"; will open a browser >> displaying the ooRexx-homepage, >> * "gnome-open ~/Desktop" will open a new folder that displays >> the contents of the desktop directory "~/Desktop" >> >> Any alternative that one could assume would be available on >> non-Gnome-systems would be great. >> >> TIA, >> >> ---rony >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by >> >> Make an app they can't live without >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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