Re: Command-line apps now harder (was Re: Workspace HideOnAutoLaunch)

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From: David Ross
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 19:37

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In article <1992Sep2.095521.5784@u.washington.edu>  
wjs@blorf.cpac.washington.edu (William Shipley) writes:
> Michael Mellinger writes:
> 
> Life gets worse (in this area) under 3.0, since you can't run .app  
wrappers  
> easily from the command line (you have to cd to the directory and run  
the  
> binary to make sure you pick up the resources), and ALL freshly compiled  
> programs will be .app wrappers.
> 

Have you used the "open" command?  Works great.  Understands Workspace  
concepts like ".app".  "eg.  open -NXHost nakiska WordPerfect.app"
works fine.  Also works on documents and non-.app apps.
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