On 17 Sep, 23:24, kj <no.em...@please.post> wrote: > In Dive Into Python, Mark Pilgrim offers the function openAnything > that can open for reading "anything" (i.e. local files or URLs). > > I was wondering if there was already in the standard Python library > an "official" version of this, that could not only open (for reading) > regular files and URLs, but also other data sources such as compressed > files.
Not in the standard library, but available from the package index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/desktop The desktop.open function just wraps other mechanisms for opening/ launching files or URLs. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
