[Tutor] Why is startfile unavailable on my mac?

[Nathan Cain]

import os
os.startfile()

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module>
os.startfile()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'startfile'

Why is this unavailable to me?

I am trying to open a url in a browser window.

If startfile is just not available on the mac, can someone please
give me some simple example code that will open http://www.python.org
in a safari window?

Thank you.

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[Mike Hansen]

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:52 AM
Subject: [Tutor] Why is startfile unavailable on my mac?

import os
os.startfile()

File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module>
os.startfile()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'startfile'
Why is this unavailable to me?
I am trying to open a url in a browser window.
If startfile is just not available on the mac, can someone
please give me some simple example code that will open
http://www.python.org in a safari window?
Thank you.
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Nathan Cain

I just read the docs. I'm assuming that "Availability: Windows" means
that it's Windows only.

Mike

[Kent Johnson]

Post by Nathan Cain

import os
os.startfile()

File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module>
os.startfile()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'startfile'
Why is this unavailable to me?

The docs for os.startfile() say it is available on Windows only.

Post by Nathan Cain
I am trying to open a url in a browser window.
If startfile is just not available on the mac, can someone please give
me some simple example code that will open http://www.python.org in a
safari window?

Try webbrowser.open('http://www.python.org')

Kent

[John Fouhy]

Post by Kent Johnson
The docs for os.startfile() say it is available on Windows only.

Hmm, well you could do a basic Mac version of startfile like this:

def startfile(fn):
os.system('open %s' % fn)