[issue12522] Implement `os.startfile` under Linux and Mac

[Ram Rachum]

New submission from Ram Rachum <cool-rr at cool-rr.com>:

I want to use `os.startfile` to open a folder in Explorer/Nautilus/Finder. The documentation says that it's only implemented on Windows:

http://docs.python.org/dev/library/os.html#os.startfile

See discussion on Python-ideas here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/python-ideas/LL0SavbKrEA


Is there a good reason why `os.startfile` is implemented only on Windows?

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 140057
nosy: cool-RR
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Implement `os.startfile` under Linux and Mac
versions: Python 3.3

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