[X-Unix] open -a Firefox ?

[Xavier Noria]

On Mar 18, 2006, at 22:37, Doug McNutt wrote:

> open -a /Volumes/HEAO/Applications/FireFox.app http:// 
> www.macnauchtan.com/weblog
> open -a /Volumes/HEAO/Applications/FireFox http:// 
> www.macnauchtan.com/weblog
> open -a FireFox http://www.macnauchtan.com/weblog
>
> Can anyone explain why all of these open the URL in Safari?

The correct name of the browser is "Firefox". That works here as

     open -a Firefox http://www.macnauchtan.com/weblog

Looks like -a is case-sensitive.

-- fxn