09-17-2009
You could move the firefox binary and then replace it with a script that launches both your script and then the moved/renamed firefox.
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firefox
firefox(1) User Commands firefox(1)
NAME
firefox - Firefox for Sun Java Desktop System
SYNOPSIS
firefox [options ... ] [url]
DESCRIPTION
Firefox is a free, open-source web browser based on the Mozilla codebase. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages
over other browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-height value Set the height of startup window to value.
-h or -help Display the help message.
-width value Set the width of startup window to value.
-v or -version Display the version message.
-P profile Start with the profile named: profile.
-ProfileManager Start with profile manager.
-UILocale locale Start with the UI Locale listed: locale.
-safe-mode Disables extensions and themes for this session.
-jsconsole Open the JavaScript console.
-browser Open a browser window.
-setDefaultBrowser Set this app as the default browser.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching Firefox
example% firefox
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
1 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/firefox
Executable for Firefox application
$HOME/.mozilla/firefox
User configuration files for Firefox
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWfirefox |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
For more information about firefox, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
Refer to Help->Help Contents for more information.
NOTES
Updated by Evan Yan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 10 Jul 2008 firefox(1)