On 28/01/2015 15:50, stephen.bou...@gmail.com wrote: > I am using the following to open a file in its default application in > Windows 7: > > from subprocess import call > > filename = 'my file.csv' call('"%s"' % filename, shell=True) > > This still leaves a python process hanging around until the launched > app is closed. Any idea how to get around? >
This is somewhat clumsy. The built-in way is: import os os.startfile("my file.csv") TJG -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list