zeroinstall/0launch-gui/browser.py

   1 # Copyright (C) 2009, Thomas Leonard
   2 # See the README file for details, or visit http://0install.net.
   3
   4 import os, sys
   5
   6 def open_in_browser(link):
   7         browser = os.environ.get('BROWSER', 'firefox')
   8         child = os.fork()
   9         if child == 0:
  10                 # We are the child
  11                 try:
  12                         os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, browser, browser, link)
  13                         os._exit(0)
  14                 except Exception, ex:
  15                         print >>sys.stderr, "Error", ex
  16                         os._exit(1)
  17         os.waitpid(child, 0)