GNU/Linux |
Debian 4.0(Etch) |
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xdg-open(1) |
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xdg−open − opens a file or URL in the user’s preferred application
xdg−open {file URL} |
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xdg−open {−−help −−manual −−version} |
xdg−open opens a file or URL in the user’s preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user’s preferred web browser. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of that type. xdg−open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.
xdg−open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg−open as root.
−−help |
Show command synopsis. |
−−manual
Show this manualpage.
−−version
Show the xdg−utils version information.
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non−zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1 |
Error in command line syntax. | ||
2 |
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist. | ||
3 |
A required tool could not be found. | ||
4 |
The action failed. |
xdg−open ’http://www.freedesktop.org/’
Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user’s default browser
xdg−open /tmp/foobar.png
Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user’s default image viewing application.
Kevin Krammer,
Jeremy White.
<kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
<jwhite@codeweavers.com>
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