Add association for Windows URL files
Bug #248877 reported by
jhansonxi
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #185165: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| mime-support (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: mime-support
Primarily useful for web links created by Windows applications installed in Wine. Currently they are identified as a "resource location" but are opened as text files. A simple command for opening them:
xdg-open $(cat "$1" | grep -i "URL=" | sed -n 's/\(^URL=
Example file "MSN.com.url":
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://
Modified=
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