shell/source/unix/misc/open-url.sh

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2
   3 # tries to locate the executable specified
   4 # as first parameter in the user's path.
   5 which() {
   6   if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
   7     for i in `echo $PATH | sed -e 's/^:/.:/g' -e 's/:$/:./g' -e 's/::/:.:/g' -e 's/:/ /g'`; do
   8       if [ -x "$i/$1" -a ! -d "$i/$1" ]; then
   9         echo "$i/$1"
  10         break;
  11       fi
  12     done
  13   fi
  14 }
  15
  16 # checks for the original mozilla start script(s)
  17 # and restrict the "-remote" semantics to those.
  18 run_mozilla() {
  19   if file "$1" | grep "script" > /dev/null && grep "NPL" "$1" > /dev/null; then
  20     "$1" -remote 'ping()' 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
  21     if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
  22       "$1" "$2" &
  23     else
  24       "$1" -remote "openURL($2, new-window)" &
  25     fi
  26   else
  27     "$1" "$2" &
  28   fi
  29 }
  30
  31 # checks the browser value for a %s as defined in
  32 # http://www.catb.org/~esr/BROWSER/index.html
  33 run_browser() {
  34   echo "$1|$2" | awk '
  35 {
  36     FS="|";
  37     $syscmd="";
  38     if (index($1,"%s") > 0) {
  39         $syscmd=sprintf($1,$2);
  40     } else {
  41         $syscmd=sprintf("%s \"%s\"",$1,$2);
  42     }
  43     system($syscmd " &");
  44 }' > /dev/null
  45 }
  46
  47 # special handling for mailto: uris
  48 if echo $1 | grep '^mailto:' > /dev/null; then
  49   # check $MAILER variable
  50   if [ ! -z "$MAILER" ]; then
  51     $MAILER "$1" &
  52     exit 0
  53   else
  54     # mozilla derivates may need -remote semantics
  55     for i in thunderbird mozilla netscape; do
  56       mailer=`which $i`
  57       if [ ! -z "$mailer" ]; then
  58         run_mozilla "$mailer" "$1"
  59         exit 0
  60       fi
  61     done
  62     # handle all non mozilla mail clients below
  63     # ..
  64   fi
  65 else
  66   # check $BROWSER variable
  67   if [ ! -z "$BROWSER" ]; then
  68     $BROWSER "$1" &
  69     exit 0
  70   else
  71     # mozilla derivates may need -remote semantics
  72     for i in firefox mozilla netscape; do
  73       browser=`which $i`
  74       if [ ! -z "$browser" ]; then
  75         run_mozilla "$browser" "$1"
  76         exit 0
  77       fi
  78     done
  79     # handle all non mozilla browers below
  80     # ..
  81   fi
  82 fi
  83 exit 1