[issue43538] [Windows] support args and cwd in os.startfile()

Change by Steve Dower : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue43538] [Windows] support args and cwd in os.startfile()

Steve Dower added the comment: New changeset 019e9e816882f5c43c4b833f81844b8299e815fd by Steve Dower in branch 'master': bpo-43538: Add extra arguments to os.startfile (GH-25538) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/019e9e816882f5c43c4b833f81844b8299e815fd --

[issue43538] [Windows] support args and cwd in os.startfile()

Steve Dower added the comment: Not rushing this one in, but this is a relatively straightforward addition that will definitely be handy in some situations. I didn't bother adding an enum for the SW_* constants, since I don't think they'll get anywhere near enough use to justify being in our

[issue43538] [Windows] support args and cwd in os.startfile()

Change by Steve Dower : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +24258 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25538 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43538] [Windows] support args and cwd in os.startfile()

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[issue43538] [Windows] support args and cwd in os.startfile()

New submission from Eryk Sun : bpo-8232 has a patch to add an `arguments` parameter to os.startfile(). This improvement is needlessly tied to that issue. It's useful in general as a safer way to execute applications and scripts compared to using subprocess.Popen() with shell=True. It also