[issue25727] os.startfile implementation for other OS'es besides Windows

Elizabeth Myers added the comment: I'm not going to reopen that can of worms. Sorry to waste your time. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue25727] os.startfile implementation for other OS'es besides Windows

R. David Murray added the comment: Duplicate of Issue 3177, which has quite a bit of discussion and some patch proposals. You might want to add yourself as nosy to that issue and see what you think of the proposals (I did not read through it to see what the status is...there hasn't been any a

[issue25727] os.startfile implementation for other OS'es besides Windows

New submission from Elizabeth Myers: os.startfile can be implemented on other OS'es besides Windows relatively easily (although the operation parameter should probably be limited to Windows; it can be implemented elsewhere, but is probably not worth the trouble). On Unix-like operating systems