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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
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