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gnome-about(1) User Commands gnome-about(1)NAME
gnome-about - display GNOME introductory information
SYNOPSIS
gnome-about [--gnome-version] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME introductory dialog displays a list of the GNOME contributors, and provides links to some useful GNOME websites.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--gnome-version Display information on this GNOME version.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Displaying the GNOME introductory information
example% gnome-about
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-about
Executable for GNOME introductory information display.
/usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml
XML source of GNOME version, build date and introductory text for the application.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-panel |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
NOTES
The gnome-version.xml file format is classified as Volatile and its stability should not be relied upon.
Written by Mark McLoughlin, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-about(1)