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| 5 .TH "XDG\-OPEN" "1" "06/24/2007" "xdg\-utils 1.0" "" |
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| 9 .ad l |
| 10 .SH "NAME" |
| 11 xdg\-open \- opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application |
| 12 .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| 13 .HP 9 |
| 14 \fBxdg\-open\fR {\fB\fIfile\fR\fR \fB\fIURL\fR\fR} |
| 15 .HP 9 |
| 16 \fBxdg\-open\fR {\fB\-\-help\fR \fB\-\-manual\fR \fB\-\-version\fR} |
| 17 .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 18 .PP |
| 19 xdg\-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a URL is p
rovided 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. |
| 20 .PP |
| 21 xdg\-open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use
xdg\-open as root. |
| 22 .SH "OPTIONS" |
| 23 .TP |
| 24 \fB\-\-help\fR |
| 25 Show command synopsis. |
| 26 .TP |
| 27 \fB\-\-manual\fR |
| 28 Show this manualpage. |
| 29 .TP |
| 30 \fB\-\-version\fR |
| 31 Show the xdg\-utils version information. |
| 32 .SH "EXIT CODES" |
| 33 .PP |
| 34 An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non\-zero exit code indicates failur
e. The following failure codes can be returned: |
| 35 .TP |
| 36 \fB1\fR |
| 37 Error in command line syntax. |
| 38 .TP |
| 39 \fB2\fR |
| 40 One of the files passed on the command line did not exist. |
| 41 .TP |
| 42 \fB3\fR |
| 43 A required tool could not be found. |
| 44 .TP |
| 45 \fB4\fR |
| 46 The action failed. |
| 47 .SH "EXAMPLES" |
| 48 .PP |
| 49 .nf |
| 50 xdg\-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/' |
| 51 .fi |
| 52 .sp |
| 53 Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser |
| 54 .PP |
| 55 .nf |
| 56 xdg\-open /tmp/foobar.png |
| 57 .fi |
| 58 .sp |
| 59 Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image viewing app
lication. |
| 60 .SH "AUTHOR" |
| 61 Kevin Krammer, Jeremy White. |
| 62 .br |
| 63 <kevin.krammer@gmx.at> |
| 64 .br |
| 65 <jwhite@codeweavers.com> |
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