[X-Unix] "open" command syntax?

[Jim Avgeris]

On my laptop running 10.4.3 it works fine. On another system running  
10.2.8, same as below - opens the default instead. Looks like the  
upgraded version of open solves the problem.

On Jan 13, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Warren Pollans wrote:

> I'm using 10.3.9 with firefox as my default browser.
>
> "open -a mozilla"  opens mozilla
>
> BUT "open -a mozilla http://google.com" opens firefox