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Use this library to open a path or URL using the program configured on the system. It is equivalent to running one of the following:
# macOS
$ open <path-or-url>
# Windows
$ start <path-or-url>
# Linux
$ xdg-open <path-or-url> || gio open <path-or-url> || gnome-open <path-or-url> || kde-open <path-or-url> || wslview <path-or-url>
Usage
Add this to your Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
open = "3"
…and open something using…
open::that("https://rust-lang.org");
…or, open something with an application of your choice
open::with("https://rust-lang.org", "firefox");
Follow this link for the massive API docs.
Credits
The implementation is based on the respective functionality of Cargo, but was improved to allow some error handling.