[Tutor] Why is startfile unavailable on my mac?

[Kent Johnson]

Nathan Cain wrote:
>   When I type the following in macpython IDLE,:
> 
>> >> import os
>> >> os.startfile()
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module>
>     os.startfile()
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'startfile'
> 
> Why is this unavailable to me?

The docs for os.startfile() say it is available on Windows only.
> 
> I am trying to open a url in a browser window.
> 
> If startfile is just not available on the mac, can someone please give 
> me some simple example code that will open http://www.python.org in a 
> safari window?

Try webbrowser.open('http://www.python.org')

Kent