gnome-about(1) User Commands gnome-about(1)NAMEgnome-about - display GNOME introductory information
SYNOPSISgnome-about [--gnome-version] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME introductory dialog displays a list of the GNOME contribu‐
tors, and provides links to some useful GNOME websites.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--gnome-version Display information on this GNOME version.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most
GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Displaying the GNOME introductory information
example% gnome-aboutEXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-about
Executable for GNOME introductory information display.
/usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml
XML source of GNOME version, build date and introductory text for
the application.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/gnome-panel │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOattributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
NOTES
The gnome-version.xml file format is classified as Volatile and its
stability should not be relied upon.
Written by Mark McLoughlin, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems
Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-about(1)