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gvfs-open

gvfs-open(1)							   User Commands						      gvfs-open(1)

NAME

       gvfs-open - open a file using the appropiate application

SYNOPSIS

       gvfs-open URI

DESCRIPTION

       gvfs-open opens an URI using the appropiate application.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	Specifies the file location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Open a local image file

       example% gvfs-open file:///tmp/example.jpg

       Example 2: Open a remote resource

       example% gvfs-open http://www.sun.com/

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gvfs-open      Executable to open a file using the appropiate application

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-gvfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-monitor-dir(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1), gvfs-mount(1), gvfs-move(1),
       gvfs-rename(1), gvfs-cat(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    25 Mar 2008 						      gvfs-open(1)

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