Application Command (--app)

Objects with this attribute

Attribute name	Usage
Application Command	In the box, type the full pathname of the application.

Command option	Usage
`--app pathname`	Replace `pathname` with the full pathname of the application.

This attribute specifies the application that runs when users click the link on their webtop.

The pathname must be the same on all hosts that might run the application.

Notes:

For any command-line arguments, use the Arguments For Command attribute.
With X applications, use the Window Manager attribute to start a window manager for the application.
With Windows applications, you can use a backslash \ or a forward slash / between subdirectories. (On the command line you may need to escape backslashes: for example, \\).
With Windows applications, you can set this attribute to "-" (a single hyphen) to start a full Microsoft Windows session rather than a particular application.
On the command line, make sure you quote any pathnames containing spaces.

--app /usr/local/bin/xfinance

Names a UNIX X application.

--app "c:/Program Files/Indigo Insurance/cash.exe"

Names a Windows application.

Related topics
Introducing application server load balancing Arguments For Command (--args) Window Manager (--winmgr)