more command parsing, POC of file opening

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/external.rs b/src/external.rs
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+use std::process::Command;
+use std::path::{PathBuf};
+
+pub fn open_file(path: &PathBuf) {
+    Command::new("xdg-open")
+        .arg(String::from(path.to_string_lossy()))
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("xdg-open failed to start");
+}
+