08-18-2014
Script for Starting Firefox?
Presently I have a powershell script (windows only, of course) that enumerates all the instances of "Internet Explorer" running on my machine and if at least one exists, the script creates a new tab in that instance with the URL I have provided. If no instances of Internet Explorer are running, one is started with the given URL.
How can I write similar scripts for other browsers like Firefox or Chrome? OS neutrality is nice, but not necessary. I'm running cygwin bash on Windows Vista and Windows 8. I'm not sure where to start!
I'm hoping these browsers have an API for enumerating all the instance running and an API function for sending a URL to an existing instance of the browser. Has anyone already done this? I hope so!
thanks
siegfried
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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)