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Cerulean · Jun 14th, 2006, 6:05 PM

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How would you perform this in Linux?

If you're asking about opening a webpage or viewing an image on the web then read my previous post.

os.system("program-name")

launches the program specified by 'program-name', e.g os.system("firefox") would start firefox if it's installed.
If you just want to open an application you don't want os.startfile on Windows at all, as that loads the given file in the application that is associated with it (by default notepad for a .txt file, Windows image viewer for .jpg, etc). Probably not what you wanted.

Silicon_Pudding · Jun 14th, 2006, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cerulean

If you're asking about opening a webpage or viewing an image on the web then read my previous post.

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os.system("program-name")

launches the program specified by 'program-name', e.g os.system("firefox") would start firefox if it's installed.
If you just want to open an application you don't want os.startfile on Windows at all, as that loads the given file in the application that is associated with it (by default notepad for a .txt file, Windows image viewer for .jpg, etc). Probably not what you wanted.

Is there a method for specifiying the file and a program other than the associated one?

Sane · Jun 14th, 2006, 11:56 PM

Like I said in my post, os.system executes a system command. So whatever you would type in to the command prompt is what you would use here. I believe in linux, it is the application followed by the filename.

Example:
nano my_script.py
versus
python my_script.py

titaniumdecoy · Jun 15th, 2006, 12:16 AM

You could use this code to call os.startfile if it exists on your system, or else call os.system with a specific program to open the file.

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import os

if 'startfile' in dir(os):
	os.startfile("/path/to/file")
else:
	os.system("program /path/to/file")

Sane · Jun 15th, 2006, 7:26 AM

Isn't that what I've said twice now? Am I just being confirmed... or ignored? =S !

(Well, I guess yours is a bit different because it actually runs in there, fists raised, looking for the function.)

Silicon_Pudding · Jun 20th, 2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sane

Isn't that what I've said twice now? Am I just being confirmed... or ignored? =S !

(Well, I guess yours is a bit different because it actually runs in there, fists raised, looking for the function.)

Thanks for the help. Didn't have access to a computer last weekend

Jun 15th, 2006, 12:16 AM	#14
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 933 Rep Power: 4	You could use this code to call os.startfile if it exists on your system, or else call os.system with a specific program to open the file. (Toggle Plain Text) import os if 'startfile' in dir(os): os.startfile("/path/to/file") else: os.system("program /path/to/file") import os if 'startfile' in dir(os): os.startfile("/path/to/file") else: os.system("program /path/to/file")

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Jun 14th, 2006, 11:56 PM	#13
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,099 Rep Power: 6	Like I said in my post, os.system executes a system command. So whatever you would type in to the command prompt is what you would use here. I believe in linux, it is the application followed by the filename. Example: nano my_script.py versus python my_script.py

Jun 15th, 2006, 7:26 AM	#15
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,099 Rep Power: 6	Isn't that what I've said twice now? Am I just being confirmed... or ignored? =S ! (Well, I guess yours is a bit different because it actually runs in there, fists raised, looking for the function.)

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