Hi!
> is there any function/module that allows me to open a directory in the
> default file manager of a operating system?
On Windows you can use os.startfile().
On "pure" Unices there's no such thing as filetype associations
However, if you use a desktop environment, you can spawn xdg-open (from
xdg-utils) from Python. This will autodetect gnome, kde and xfce and use
their tools (gnome-open, kfmclient, exo-open).
I think on OS X/Darwin there's a similar utility called `open'.
You can use sys.platform to determine which system you're running on.
I wasn't able to start explorer with os.startfile()
I then used
subprocess.call(['explorer', my_directory])
And it works.
Kind regards,
Timmie
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