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Old 04-07-2005
$BROWSER variable
In Linux, is there any variable which carries the value of the default browser.

Say, in linux we have the $SHELL variable which points to the current SHELL in use.

Similarly, is there anything for default BROWSER settings ?

Vino
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Old 04-07-2005
Hi !
I don't want to confuse you in case that I'm wrong, but I'm 99% sure that the default browser is something connected to your desktop manager (KDE, Gnome, etc). For that you should check your desktop manager's documentation, and I'm pretty sure that it's not a variable... it's probably a record on some xml file or something like that...
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Old 04-07-2005
Take a look at this link.... Food for thought

Cheers
ZB
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