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XDG-OPEN(1)            DragonFly General Commands Manual           XDG-OPEN(1)

NAME
     xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application

SYNOPSIS
     xdg-open file | URL
     xdg-open --help | --manual | --version

DESCRIPTION
     xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application.  If a
     URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web
     browser.  If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred
     application for files of that type.  xdg-open supports file, ftp, http
     and https URLs.

     xdg-open is for use inside a desktop session only.  It is not recommended
     to use xdg-open as root.

OPTIONS
     --help  Show command synopsis.

     --manual
             Show this manual page.

     --version
             Show the xdg-utils version information.

EXIT CODES
     An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates
     failure.  The following failure codes can be returned:

     -1      Error in command line syntax.

     -2      One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.

     -3      A required tool could not be found.

     -4      The action failed.

SEE ALSO
     xdg-mime(1), xdg-settings(1), MIME applications associations
     specification:
     http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-apps-spec/

EXAMPLES
     xdg-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'

     Opens the freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser.

     xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png

     Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image
     viewing application.

AUTHORS
     xdg-open Manual

     Copyright (C) 2006 Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at> Jeremy White
     <jwhite@codeweavers.com> xdg-utils 1.0

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