Re: `open` command on Mac OS

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote:

> Hi, this is going to be probably the n00best of newbie questions...
> but I couldn't figure it out after considerable effort:
>
> I'm running screen on Mac OS X in an X11 terminal window.  However,
> when I use the Mac OS X shell command `open`, it doesn't open things
> anymore.  For example, `open .` typically opens a Finder window (the
> file manager window on Mac OS) in the current directory.
>
> I use that damn command a lot and I can't seem to get it working in
> screen (even defining aliases and such).  I must be missing something
> big or obvious.

I would suggest trying to compare the environment outside screen with the 
environment inside a screen session.  Does the OSX man page make any 
mention of variables used?

-Dan

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