09-09-2007
Please. Anybody? This should not be a hard question. I am in an introductory Unix class, and this is not meant to be a difficult question.
Thanks again.
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnome-about
gnome-about(1) User Commands gnome-about(1)
NAME
gnome-about - display GNOME introductory information
SYNOPSIS
gnome-about [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-std-optionStandard 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/gnome-aXMLtsource-ofrGNOMExversion, 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 |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gnome-std-options(5), attributes(5)
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
NOTES
The gnome-version.xml file format is classified as External and its stability should not be relied upon.
Written by Mark McLoughlin, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-about(1)