1Browser::Open(3)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     Browser::Open(3)
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NAME

6       Browser::Open - open a browser in a given URL
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VERSION

9       version 0.03
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SYNOPSIS

12           use Browser::Open qw( open_browser );
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14           ### Try commands specific to the current Operating System
15           my $ok = open_browser($url);
16           # ! defined($ok): no recognized command found
17           # $ok == 0: command found and executed
18           # $ok != 0: command found, error while executing
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20           ### Try all known commands
21           my $ok = open_browser($url, 1);
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DESCRIPTION

24       The functions optionaly exported by this module allows you to open URLs
25       in the user browser.
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27       A set of known commands per OS-name is tested for presence, and the
28       first one found is executed. With an optional parameter, all known
29       commands are checked.
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31       The "open_browser" uses the "system()" function to execute the command.
32       If you want more control, you can get the command with the
33       "open_browser_cmd" or "open_browser_cmd_all" functions and then use
34       whatever method you want to execute it.
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API

37       All functions are not exported by default. You must ask for them
38       explicitly.
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40   open_browser
41           my $ok = open_browser($url, $all);
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43       Find an appropriate command and executes it with your $url. If $all is
44       false, the default, only commands that match the current OS will be
45       tested. If true, all known commands will be tested.
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47       If no command was found, returns "undef".
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49       If a command is found, returns the exit code of the execution attempt,
50       0 for success. See the "system()" for more information about this exit
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53       If no $url is given, an exception will be thrown: "Missing required
54       parameter $url".
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56   open_browser_cmd
57           my $cmd = open_browser_cmd();
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59       Returns the best command found to open a URL on your system.
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61       If no command was found, returns "undef".
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63   open_browser_cmd_all
64           my $cmd = open_browser_cmd_all();
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66       Returns the first command found to open a URL.
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68       If no command was found, returns "undef".
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AUTHOR

71       Pedro Melo, "<melo at cpan.org>"
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74       Copyright 2009 Pedro Melo.
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76       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
77       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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81perl v5.16.3                      2012-03-09                  Browser::Open(3)
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