How do I invoke IE browser from Python on Mac OS X?

[Paul Jackson]

Erik wrote (of the Mac OS X open(1) command):
> I presume this is just a command that can be executed from the shell.

Yes - it appears so.


> >            ... For example, the fol-
> >            lowing  command  would open all WriteNow files in the cur-
> >            rent working directory:
> > 
> >                 open *.wn
> 
> ... if so, this is a curious comment in the man page, since filename
> globbing is done by the shell, not the program.

Not really.  It's just saying that open of several file
arguments will open each one.  Say you had in your directory:

    foo.wn	bar.wn

then this comment is equivalent to saying that:

    open foo.wn bar.wn

will open both foo and bar.  No claim is being made here
for something like DOS-style glob parsing (expansion by
each command instead of by the shell).

Granted - whomever wrote that man page line may well not have
clearly understood this distinction.
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