2 #---------------------------------------------
5 # Utility script to open a URL in the registered default application.
7 # Refer to the usage() function below for usage.
9 # Copyright 2006, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
10 # Copyright 2006, Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
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18 # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
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25 # OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
26 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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32 #---------------------------------------------
39 xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
43 xdg-open { file | URL }
45 xdg-open { --help | --manual | --version }
49 xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a URL is
50 provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web browser. If a file
51 is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of
52 that type. xdg-open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.
54 xdg-open is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use
60 Show command synopsis.
64 Show the xdg-utils version information.
68 An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates
69 failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
72 Error in command line syntax.
74 One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
76 A required tool could not be found.
82 xdg-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
84 Opens the Freedesktop.org website in the user's default browser
86 xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png
88 Opens the PNG image file /tmp/foobar.png in the user's default image viewing
97 xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
101 xdg-open { file | URL }
103 xdg-open { --help | --manual | --version }
110 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
111 # Common utility functions included in all XDG wrapper scripts
112 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
116 [ -z "${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL}" ] && return 0;
117 [ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL} -lt $1 ] && return 0;
122 #-------------------------------------------------------------
123 # Exit script on successfully completing the desired operation
127 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
136 #-----------------------------------------
137 # Exit script on malformed arguments, not enough arguments
138 # or missing required option.
139 # prints usage information
141 exit_failure_syntax
()
143 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
144 echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
145 echo "Try 'xdg-open --help' for more information." >&2
148 echo "Use 'man xdg-open' or 'xdg-open --manual' for additional info."
154 #-------------------------------------------------------------
155 # Exit script on missing file specified on command line
157 exit_failure_file_missing
()
159 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
160 echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
166 #-------------------------------------------------------------
167 # Exit script on failure to locate necessary tool applications
169 exit_failure_operation_impossible
()
171 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
172 echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
178 #-------------------------------------------------------------
179 # Exit script on failure returned by a tool application
181 exit_failure_operation_failed
()
183 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
184 echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
190 #------------------------------------------------------------
191 # Exit script on insufficient permission to read a specified file
193 exit_failure_file_permission_read
()
195 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
196 echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
202 #------------------------------------------------------------
203 # Exit script on insufficient permission to read a specified file
205 exit_failure_file_permission_write
()
207 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
208 echo "xdg-open: $@" >&2
216 if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
217 exit_failure_file_missing
"file '$1' does not exist"
219 if [ ! -r "$1" ]; then
220 exit_failure_file_permission_read
"no permission to read file '$1'"
224 check_vendor_prefix
()
227 [ -n "$file_label" ] || file_label
="filename"
235 echo "xdg-open: $file_label '$file' does not have a proper vendor prefix" >&2
236 echo 'A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated' >&2
237 echo 'with a dash ("-"). An example '"$file_label"' is '"'example-$file'" >&2
238 echo "Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-open --manual' for additional info." >&2
244 # if the file exists, check if it is writeable
245 # if it does not exists, check if we are allowed to write on the directory
247 if [ ! -w "$1" ]; then
248 exit_failure_file_permission_write
"no permission to write to file '$1'"
252 if [ ! -w "$DIR" -o ! -x "$DIR" ]; then
253 exit_failure_file_permission_write
"no permission to create file '$1'"
258 #----------------------------------------
259 # Checks for shared commands, e.g. --help
261 check_common_commands
()
263 while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
270 echo "Use 'man xdg-open' or 'xdg-open --manual' for additional info."
287 check_common_commands
"$@"
289 [ -z "${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL}" ] && unset XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL
;
290 if [ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL-0} -lt 1 ]; then
292 xdg_redirect_output
=" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"
294 # All output to stderr
295 xdg_redirect_output
=" >&2"
298 #--------------------------------------
299 # Checks for known desktop environments
300 # set variable DE to the desktop environments name, lowercase
304 if [ x
"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x
"true" ]; then DE
=kde
;
305 elif [ x
"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x
"" ]; then DE
=gnome
;
306 elif xprop
-root _DT_SAVE_MODE |
grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev
/null
2>&1; then DE
=xfce
;
310 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
311 # kfmclient exec/openURL can give bogus exit value in KDE <= 3.5.4
312 # It also always returns 1 in KDE 3.4 and earlier
313 # Simply return 0 in such case
315 kfmclient_fix_exit_code
()
317 version
=`kde-config --version 2>/dev/null | grep KDE`
318 major
=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE: \([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
319 minor
=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE: [0-9]*\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
320 release
=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE: [0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
321 test "$major" -gt 3 && return $1
322 test "$minor" -gt 5 && return $1
323 test "$release" -gt 4 && return $1
329 which kfmclient
>/dev
/null || open_generic
"$1"
332 kfmclient_fix_exit_code $?
334 if [ $?
-eq 0 ]; then
337 exit_failure_operation_failed
343 which gnome-open
>/dev
/null || open_generic
"$1"
347 if [ $?
-eq 0 ]; then
350 exit_failure_operation_failed
356 which exo-open
>/dev
/null || open_generic
"$1"
360 if [ $?
-eq 0 ]; then
363 exit_failure_operation_failed
369 if which run-mailcap
>/dev
/null
&&
370 (echo "$1" |
grep -q '^file://' ||
371 ! echo "$1" |
egrep -q '^[a-zA-Z+\.\-]+:'); then
373 local file=$
(echo "$1" |
sed 's%^file://%%')
375 run-mailcap
--action=view
"$file"
377 sensible-browser
"$1"
380 if [ $?
-eq 0 ]; then
383 exit_failure_operation_failed
387 [ x
"$1" != x
"" ] || exit_failure_syntax
390 while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
396 exit_failure_syntax
"unexpected option '$parm'"
400 if [ -n "$url" ] ; then
401 exit_failure_syntax
"unexpected argument '$parm'"
408 if [ -z "${url}" ] ; then
409 exit_failure_syntax
"file or URL argument missing"
414 if [ x
"$DE" = x
"" ]; then
440 exit_failure_operation_impossible
"no method available for opening '$url'"