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authorRobby Russell <robby@planetargon.com>2015-08-12 21:14:27 -0700
committerRobby Russell <robby@planetargon.com>2015-08-12 21:14:27 -0700
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Merge pull request #4217 from mcornella/standard-open-command
Implement and use a standard, cross-platform open command
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@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ function take() {
cd $1
}
+function open_command() {
+ local open_cmd
+
+ # define the open command
+ case "$OSTYPE" in
+ darwin*) open_cmd="open" ;;
+ cygwin*) open_cmd="cygstart" ;;
+ linux*) open_cmd="xdg-open" ;;
+ *) echo "Platform $OSTYPE not supported"
+ return 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ nohup $open_cmd "$@" &>/dev/null
+}
+
#
# Get the value of an alias.
#