Thread: Open files with default program

i'm making java-app should able open different files using users preferred application particular filetype. example, if user has set "open with" in nautilus .odt files oowriter program should used open file.

in windows, can call runtime.exec("document.odt"); , os recognize file not executable , instead launch program associated file-type. in mac osx (i've been told), should call runtime.exec("open document.odt");

do in linux? of course, best thing reuse nautilus filetype associations (the "open with"-tab) - if current x-session running gnome, , konqueror's ditto if we're in kde etc.

there program available?

code:

xdg-open document.odt

from http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/ should installed on ubuntu, , linux.

ps:
have

code:

alias o="xdg-open"

in bashrc, bash can do

code:

o filename

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