[Tutor] Launch external application?

[Grant Hagstrom]

Brad,

I believe that this will work . . .

import os
os.system(your_exe.exe)

in my case the following code opens the nautilus file browser

import os
os.system('nautilus')

best of luck,

Grant

On 6/1/07, Brad Tompkins <bradleytompkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is there an easy way to make a python script that will launch an external
> application for me ?  I'm using Windows XP and I'm trying to create a little
> front end that will launch the VLC media player for me.
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