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gnome-about

gnome-about(1)							   User Commands						    gnome-about(1)

NAME

       gnome-about - display GNOME introductory information

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-about [--gnome-version] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The GNOME introductory dialog displays a list of the GNOME contributors, and provides links to some useful GNOME websites.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --gnome-version	       Display information on this GNOME version.

       gnome-std-options       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Displaying the GNOME introductory information

       example% gnome-about

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-about

	   Executable for GNOME introductory information display.

       /usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml

	   XML source of GNOME version, build date and introductory text for the application.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-panel		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

NOTES

       The gnome-version.xml file format is classified as Volatile and its stability should not be relied upon.

       Written by Mark McLoughlin, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.

SunOS 5.11							    09 Nov 2007 						    gnome-about(1)