gnome-open (1) Linux Manual Page
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 [at] mail.gnome.org
Possible useless use of gnome-open
- gnome-open /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop