open

Open a path or URL with the system-defined program

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Latest release:

5.3.4 - This version is safe to use because it has no known security vulnerabilities at this time. Find out if your coding project uses this component and get notified of any reported security vulnerabilities with Meterian-X Open Source Security Platform

Licensing

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MIT   -   MIT License

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Crates.io cross-platform-testing

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>

To open a web browser, see the webbrowser crate, which offers functionality for that specific case.

Library Usage

Add this to your Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
open = "5"

…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 API docs.

Binary Usage

This crate also implements a binary that acts like an opener itself.

cargo run 'file to open'

Credits

The implementation is based on the respective functionality of Cargo, but was improved to allow some error handling.