# system_open

Definition: | system_open(string filename)
Description: | Opens a file in the same manner as would happen were it double-clicked in the standard file manager (such as Windows Explorer or Ubuntu nautilus).
pwa/p2js: | Not supported.
Comments: | On Windows this invokes ShellExecute() with the "open" verb, whereas on Linux it invokes system("xdg_open "&filename). Note this routine has no known equivalent on Euphoria, though creating a compatible routine should be perfectly feasible. There is no indication of success or failure, or any other result code.
Example 1: |
    system_open("into_the_light.mp3")
Implementation: | See builtins\syswait.ew (an autoinclude) for details of the actual implementation.
See Also: | system, system_exec, getenv