Re: Starting Firefox with a new tab

From: SINNER (99nesorjd_at_gates_of_hell.invalid)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:17:10 GMT

* Martin Braun wrote in alt.os.linux:
> Hi,

> i use Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox for Mailing/Browsing. If i want to
> open a link e.g from an E-Mail in Thunderbird while the Browser is
> already running i have to switch the Firefox profile.
> Is it possible to load a link directly into a new tab on Firefox
> by using a command line switch? I did not found any possibility so far.

You dont say what version of Firefox you use, I use a slightly older
version so the below script needs a slight mod to work on recent
versions. Set your mail client to call the script as your browser.

I dont recall the exact change but searching this group on google should
yield the correct syntax.

if pgrep -u "$USER" firefox >/dev/null; then
  /usr/bin/firefox -remote "openurl(${@}, new-tab)"
  else
    /usr/bin/firefox "$@"
    fi 

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