10-01-2008
ok found problem, it was displaying all the contents of the directory, so i put a -d in the command
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od-tkdesk
TKDESK(1) TKDESK(1)
NAME
od-tkdesk - remotely open a directory using TkDesk
SYNOPSIS
od-tkdesk [ directory ]
DESCRIPTION
If invoked with no argument, od-tkdesk will open a new TkDesk file browser or list window displaying the contents of the current working
directory. Whether a browser or list window will be opened is determined by the menu entry "Always In Browser" in TkDesk's "Options" menu.
If directory is given to od-tkdesk, its contents will be displayed in a new TkDesk window.
Od-tkdesk communicates with TkDesk through a TCP/IP server that needs to be started from within TkDesk using the menu entry "TkDesk Server"
from TkDesk's "Options" menu.
OPTIONS
directory
The directory whose contents is to be displayed.
FILES
tkdeskclient
Usually in "/usr/local/bin", this program is used to perform the actual communication with TkDesk.
SEE ALSO
tkdesk(1), cd-tkdesk(1), ed-tkdesk(1)
AUTHOR
Christian Bolik (Christian.Bolik@mainz.netsurf.de)
4th Berkeley Distribution TkDesk 2.0, 04/15/2004 TKDESK(1)