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Re: runtime.exec



on 10/4/04 3:15 PM, David Rocks wrote:

> Great idea, but. I tried it and it doesn't quite work. If you pass a
> url to open, it apparently ignores the -a parameter on the call and
> calls what it thinks is the correct browser. I verified this behavior in
> the terminal shell as well as in the eclipse plugin. If I'm calling a
> browser, I would normally be passing a url. Any suggestions, or is there
> another way to call launch services from the command line.

You could use the osascript command to run a little AppleScript:
 
osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to set the URL of (make new document
at the beginning of documents) to "http://www.apple.com";'

-Marc

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