On 22 aug 2007, at 12.04, Peter Otten wrote: > Tim Golden wrote: > >> Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: >>> How do I do the equivalent of clicking (in SuSe) or double >>> clicking (in >>> Windows) on a file? >>> >>> In effect I want to tell the OS - take this file and feed it to the >>> application that is registered for it. > >> os.startfile > > Unfortunately this is Windows-only. > For KDE you can use > > $ kfmclient exec yourfile > > Peter > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list On Mac OS X, invoke the command /usr/bin/open -a <Application> file , or /usr/bin/open file ------ What is a woman that you forsake her, and the hearth fire and the home acre, to go with the old grey Widow Maker. --Kipling, harp song of the Dane women Tommy Nordgren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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