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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) OSX: ./Users/myname OR. /usr/myname ? 1) what is the truth on UNIX ./usr/ directory. Post 303004754 by drl on Sunday 8th of October 2017 07:02:47 AM

10-08-2017

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Hi.

Quote:

Originally Posted by [MA]Flying_Meat

...What reeeeeeealy bugs me is the undefined status of what is an Application, and what is a Utility. Smilie

One source:

Quote:

Utility software is system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer.[1] It is used to support the computer infrastructure in contrast to application software, which is aimed at directly performing tasks that benefit ordinary users.

Although a basic set of utility programs is usually distributed with an operating system (OS), utility software is not considered part of the operating system, and users often install replacements or additional utilities.

Excerpt from List of utility software - Wikipedia

Referred from What are considered utilities and applications? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange -- q.v.

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purple-url-handler(1)						   User Commands					     purple-url-handler(1)

NAME

       purple-url-handler - Python script to handle URL with purple

SYNOPSIS

       purple-url-handler [-URL]

DESCRIPTION

       Python script to handle URL with purple.

OPTIONS

       Usage: purple-url-handler URL

       Example:

	 purple-url-handler "xmpp:romeo@montague.net?message"

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-im-client	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
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SEE ALSO

       purple-remote(1), purple-send(1), purple-send-async(1), attributes(5)

       purple-url-handler Manual, http://pidgin.im/

NOTES

       Updated by Lei Ju, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007.

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