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 from __future__ import print_function
   5
   6 import os, sys
   7
   8 def open_in_browser(link):
   9         browser = os.environ.get('BROWSER', 'firefox')
  10         child = os.fork()
  11         if child == 0:
  12                 # We are the child
  13                 try:
  14                         os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, browser, browser, link)
  15                         os._exit(0)
  16                 except Exception as ex:
  17                         print("Error", ex, file=sys.stderr)
  18                         os._exit(1)
  19         os.waitpid(child, 0)