Man page 1 : gnome-open

gnome-open - Open files and URLs using the GNOME file handlers

gnome-open [OPTION]... [URL]...

This program opens files using file handlers configured in GNOME.

Usage: gnome-open [OPTION...]

Dynamic Modules --load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,... Dynamic modules to load

Help Options -?, --help Show a brief help message --usage Display a brief usage message

Bonobo activation Support --oaf-ior-fd=FD File descriptor to print IOR on --oaf-activate-iid=IID IID to activate --oaf-private Prevent registering of server with OAF

GNOME Library --disable-sound Disable sound server usage --enable-sound Enable sound server usage --espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT Host:port on which the sound server to use is running --version Prints the version number

Open a web page gnome-open www.gnome.org Open an OpenOffice.org document gnome-open Spinach.odf Open a directory in Nautilus gnome-open ~ Send an e-mail gnome-open mailto: Possible useless use of gnome-open gnome-open /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop

Please report bugs at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

This manual page was written by Jonathan Carter <>