man mimeopen () - Open files by mimetype
NAME
mimeopen - Open files by mimetype
SYNOPSIS
mimeopen [options] [-] files
DESCRIPTION
This script tries to determine the mimetype of a file and
OPTIONS
- -a, --ask
- Do not execute the default application but ask which application to run. This does not change the default application.
- -d, --ask-default
- Let the user choose a new default program for given files.
- --database=mimedir:mimedir:...
- Force the program to look in these directories for the shared mime-info database. The directories specified by the basedir specification are ignored.
- -D, --debug
- Print debug information about how the mimetype was determined.
- -h, --help
- -u, --usage
- Print a help message and exits.
- -L, --dereference
- Follow symbolic links.
- -M, --magic-only
- Do not check for extensions, globs or inode type, only look at the content of the file. This is particularly useful if for some reason you don't trust the name or the extension a file has.
- -v, --version
- Print the version of the program and exit.
BUGS
No known bugs, please mail the author if you find one.
See File::MimeInfo::Applications(3) and File::DesktopEntry(3) for some limitations.
AUTHOR
Jaap Karssenberg <pardus@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2002 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
mimetype(1), update-mime-database(1), update-desktop-database(1), File::MimeInfo(3), File::MimeInfo::Applications