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[Brian E Gallew]

From: pj at sgi.com (Paul Jackson)
> Brian wrote:
> |> And browser should look like:
> |> browser = "/usr/local/bin/netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'"
> 
> Don't assume that particular path for netscape.

Well, of course you're right.  Further, you should do it like:
browser = "netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)' || netscape %s &"

and then insert the URL into there twice in tye system call:
os.system(browser % (url, url))

This way, if netscape isn't already running, we can deal with it.

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