GNOME(1)GNOME(1)NAMEgnome-exe-handler - GNOME executable Mime type Handler.
SYNOPSISgnome-exe-handler file1 file2...
DESCRIPTION
The gnome-exe-handler program is invoked by applications that try to
launch executables in Unix but do not have the execution permission bit
set. The are classified as ELF or A.OUT executables by the MIME sys‐
tem.
gnome-exe-handler Would let the user double click on an application and
if the user confirms the action, change the permissions automatically
for him and then launch the application. This is particulary useful
when downloading software from the network, as Unix will not transfer
the execution permissions. This simplifies the number of steps that a
novice user has to take to run software from the net.
AUTHORgnome-exe-handler was written by Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnu.org)
SEE ALSOgnome(1), gnome-vfs-mime(5), nautilus(1), mc(1)BUGS
Report bugs to bugzilla.gnome.org, against module `gnome-utils'
GNOME 1.0 GNOME(1)