[comp.sys.next] Launching multiple copies of the same program

surak@next.com (Jayson Adams) (05/04/90)

In article <38269@brunix.UUCP>, rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
> I'd like to see a way to start up a program from the command line,
> cron, at or tools AND have the icon. Is there a way to do that? If

It looks like there is a way to do this.  Try using the "open" command, as in

	open /NextDeveloper/Demos/SoundPlayer

The man page says "open" opens a file or directory as if you had double-
clicked the icon.  I guess it applies to apps also.

__jayson  :-)
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