Invoke VNC viewer from command line

[Bearxor]

Hey all,

I've searched but haven't found anything so I'm hoping someone knows or will tell me where to go to find it .

I have several remote machines that I need to connect to through SSH tunnels. I'd prefer to simply write a script to do this. So the script will need to connect and authenticate via SSH and then start the OS X built-in VNC viewer.

I'm just not sure how to start the VNC viewer from the command line (IE: what command do I use?!?!). If anyone knows it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Which version of Mac OS X? The exact command differs depending on the major version (10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, etc.).

 

[Bearxor]

Sorry, 10.7. 10.6 would be helpful as well.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Looks like it's in the same spot for 10.7 and 10.6...

/System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app/Contents/Mac OS/Screen Sharing

 

[Bearxor]

Thanks. I had no idea where that was or what is was called. Why the couldn't put it under Applications -> Utilities so it's easy to identify is beyond me...