Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:56:41 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Max=20Russell?= <max_russell2000@yahoo.co.uk> To: Hye-Shik Chang <hyeshik@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startfile() equivalent Message-ID: <20040819075641.97538.qmail@web25407.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4f0b69dc0408181919172d239d@mail.gmail.com>
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Is this soley for opening URLs though? I am wanting to launch MAME with Python- could I substitute the URL with the path to the application? --- Hye-Shik Chang <hyeshik@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:09:43 +0100 (BST), Max > Russell > <max_russell2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Hello- > > > > I'm scripting a little thing to pick a random MAME > > file and launch it (save me the hassle of choosing > > one). > > > > > Does startfile work on BSD/Linux? > > os.startfile() is only available in Windows. > > > How can I do the equivalent to the python win32 > > startfile()? > > > > If I cannot use this, how can I say execute this > command? > > > > It depends what your desktop environment is. If you > run GNOME, > you can write it like this: > > import os > def startfile(url): > os.system("gnome-open " + url) # quote if you > can't trust user. > > > Hye-Shik > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-python@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-python > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-python-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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