Re: GNUstep "open" tool

[Gregory Casamento]

All,

I will set to work on implementing the features listed below.   I am a bit
concerned about the "-p" and "-NXHost" features as these aren't very well
supported under GNUstep at the moment.

Later, GJC

--- Tom Hageman <trh@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:28:29 -0500, Jeff Teunissen wrote:
> > Gregory Casamento wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > Actually, I just checked on my NeXT box running OS4.2, the OPENSTEP
> > > "open" doesn't do this.  When I say:
> > >
> > > open OpenUp.app  (which is in LocalApps on my machine)
> > >
> > > from a terminal and I am not in a directory which contains the
> > > application, it does not automatically launch the application. It says
> > > "Can't stat file /home/heron/OpenUp.app." I have tried with several
> > > other applications as well. On the other hand, when I type "open
> > > somthing.zip" it does get opened or when I go to LocalApps and type
> > > "open OpenUp.app" it starts as well.
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if this could be added as a "feature" for GNUstep, but
> > > I'm tempted to maintain compatibility.
> >
> > Hmm, that functionality must have been added to OS X. I just assumed,
> > based on faulty memory, that it was always there.
> 
> The NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP open had an -a flag to do this.  Here's its manpage:
> 
> ====
> 
> open(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual              open(1)
> 
> NAME
>      open - open files
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      open [ -a app ] [ -o ] [ -p ] [ -NXHost hostname ] filename
>      ...
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>      The open command opens a file (or a directory), just as if
>      you had double-clicked the file's icon.
> 
>      You can specify one or more file names (or pathnames), which
>      are interpreted relative to the Shell or Terminal window's
>      current working directory.  For example, the following com-
>      mand would open all WriteNow files in the current working
>      directory:
> 
>           open *.wn
> 
> ARGUMENTS
>      -a       specifies an application to use for opening the
>               file.
> 
>      -o       opens the file (can be used in combination with
>               -p).
> 
>      -p       causes the file to be printed instead of opened.
> 
>      -NXHost  opens the file on the specified host (if its window
>               server is public).
> 
> ====
> 
> Another interesting feature that isn't apparent from this manpage is that  
> it could be used to pipe text into, like:
> 
>       ps -auxwwww | open
> 
> It would open in Edit, or the default application in general.  It even  
> did the sensible thing with rtf (opened as rich-text in Edit) and eps  
> files (opened in Preview).  (Actually, it just writes out its input in a  
> temporary file in /tmp (possibly with an .rtf or .eps extension if so  
> gleaned from the data), and opens that.)
> 
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