On 16 Des, 17:03, "eric_dex...@msn.com" <eric_dex...@msn.com> wrote: > #this should be a cross platform example of os.startfile ( startfile ) > #for windows and linux. this is the first version and > #linux, mac, other os's commands for exceptions to the > #rule would be appreciated. at some point this will be > #in the dex tracker project.
You could look at the desktop package for something similar: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/desktop The desktop.open function supports a few extra workarounds, mostly because it pre-dates xdg-open. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list