gui.editor.open_folder

gui.editor.open_folder(path, launch=subprocess.Popen, platform=None)

Show a directory in the file manager (Finder on macOS) and return at once.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
path	Path | str	The directory.	required
launch	Callable[…, object]	Starts the argument list; replaceable for tests.	subprocess.Popen
platform	str | None	The platform name. Defaults to sys.platform.	None

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	list[str]	list[str]: The argument list that was started.

Raises

Name	Type	Description
	OSError	If the program cannot be started.

Examples

from spotregen.gui.editor import open_folder

started = []
open_folder("/work/demo/regen/runs", started.append, "darwin")
print(started)

[['open', '/work/demo/regen/runs']]