[Python-au] python library to discover file associations

[Ben Golding]

On 22/02/2011, at 13:36, Mike Dewhirst wrote:

> Here is my code ...
> 
>        if obj.main():
>            cmd = '%s' % obj.logname
>            subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True).wait()
> 
> ... which now works without error unless obj.logname has a non-specific filename extension. At that point I get ...
> 
>  File "subprocess.pyo", line 486, in call
>  File "subprocess.pyo", line 672, in __init__
>  File "subprocess.pyo", line 882, in _execute_child
> WindowsError: [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application
> 
> I think I'll put that in a try block and if I detect any such OSError I'll take a stab with Notepad on Windows or Nano on Linux.
> 
> What should I try for on Mac?

On Linux or mac you probably should be using the environment variable EDITOR, that way people can change it if they want to.

	Ben.
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