[X-Unix] "open" command syntax?

[Rod Buchanan]

On 1/13/06 2:06 PM, "Stroller" <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> That's interesting - I wonder if your problem is unique to Mozilla.
> 
> Here the default browser is OmniWeb, and that can be opened with
> `open http://google.com`. On the other hand `open -a Safari.app
> http://google.com` opens the page in Safari, largely as I'd expected
> from the manpage. It might be worth quoting 'http://google.com' as er
> the manpage examples but I'm not optimistic.

I have the same behavior (sort of)

    open http:// ... Opens in Safari (my default)
    open -a mozilla http:// ... Opens in Mozilla

-- 
Rod

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