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NAME
gopen - open files
SYNOPSIS
gopen [ -a application ] [ -o ] [ -p ] [ -NXHost hostname ] [ filename ]
DESCRIPTION
The
gopen command allows you open a file (or directory) as if you had double clicked
the object's icon.
It is possible to specify one or more
filenames which are interpreted relative to the current working directory.
By default,
gopen will open
filename with the application currently assigned to the file's extension. But by
specifying the
-a flag on the command line you can tell
gopen to open the file with another application.
You can also directly print a file without (
-p ) or with (
-p -o ) opening it.
As with most other GNUstep software, it is easily possible
to attach the process to a remote window server using the
-NXHost flag.
OPTIONS
"-a application"
use
application to open
filename "-o"
open
filename (may be used in conjunction with
-p ).
"-p"
print
filename instead of opening.
"-NXHost hostname"
attach to remote window server on
hostname
EXAMPLES
Open all files with a .txt extension in the current directory:
gopen *.txt
To open a source file in CodeEditor (instead of the current default
application), type:
gopen -a CodeEditor MySourceFile.m
To print the .plan file in your home folder, use the
-p flag:
gopen -p ~/.plan
BUGS
Using the
-a application argument,
gopen allows you to open any kind of file with any application you want. This does,
however, not work with applications employing the NSDocument architecture
as they will only receive filenames whose types the application has registered.
To circumvent this limitation, applications may advertise their ability to open
all kinds of files through the "*" filetype.
When
gopen is used with only the
-a application argument but no
filename present, the application is simply launched without opening a specific file.
SEE ALSO
GNUstep(7), openapp(1)
HISTORY
gopen was written November 2001.
This manual page was first written July 2003.
AUTHORS
gopen was written by Gregory Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>.
This man page was written by Martin Brecher <martin@mb-itconsulting.com>.