LAUNCH(1X)                                                          LAUNCH(1X)



NAME
     launch - graphical utility to enter and invoke commands with arguments

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/launch [[-h header] [-m msg] [-p trailer]] [-c command [args]]

DESCRIPTION
     launch is a small application which consists of a text field where the
     user can enter commands and their arguments for execution.

     The IRIX Interactive Desktop file manager (fm) invokes launch when the
     user double-clicks an icon and the icon's filetype requires additional
     information before the corresponding application can be launched.  End
     users can also run launch program at a Unix shell command line, though
     this would be unusual (it is easier to run the command itself directly).

     The options to launch are as follows:

     -h header   Places the header header at the beginning of the command that
                 will be invoked but is not displayed in the application.

     -p trailer  Places the trailer trailer at the end of the command that is
                 used to invoke the command but is not displayed in the
                 application.

     -m msg      Displays the message msg in the application window.

     -c command  Sets the initial value of the text field to command.

     When no arguments are specified, it comes up with its text field empty.

     If the launched program requires a tty, you must call launch with the -h
     option, followed by an appropriate invocation of winterm.  The following
     is an example of launch as used with Mail.
         launch -h winterm -c Mail


     For more examples, see the *.ftr files under /usr/lib/filetype.

     For more information about the entire IRIX Interactive Desktop
     environment, see the IID(1) man page.


SEE ALSO
     The IRIS IRIX Interactive Desktop Integration Guide, slaunch(1X),
     winterm(1), fm(1), ftr(1), IID(1)









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