From: Eko Budi Setiyo <contact_us@...>
Date: 2005-02-15T14:41:11+09:00
Subject: Re: IO.popen

craig duncan wrote:

> Eko Budi Setiyo wrote:
>
>> Can any body tell me how to convert "Windows command" 
>> IO.popen("start  example.pdf") in to Linux or Unix so that the Linux 
>> box will open the "example.pdf" file application.
>>
>> regards
>> Eko
>
>
> IO.popen("xpdf example.pdf")
>
> Doesn't "start" on Windows function as sort of a dispatcher?  It knows 
> what application goes with the file type?  Linux/Unix doesn't have any 
> such thing
> built in AFAIK.  You need to run the program that displays the pdf 
> file yourself.
>
>
>
Thanks

I don't know so much about "start" on windows. Personally it's quite 
dangerous function. I accidently find it.
Because:

something.exe  ---rename---> something.pdf ----> C:\start something.pdf 
---> will executed as something.exe



regards
Eko