starter is a simple program that executes commands based on the
file type and extension of the argument(s).

The main use for this program is to circumvent a limitation in
BeOS: the preferred application for a given type of file can only
be a binary application, not a script. By making the preferred
application for a given filetype application/x-vnd.VL-starter
you can get around this limitation, and the application that
processes that filetype can be a script.

Note, that this limitation may disappear in future releases of BeOS, but as of
release 4.5.2 it is still there.

Read README.html for further documentation.
