const std = @import("std"); const builtin = @import("builtin"); const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator; /// Open a URL in the default handling application. /// /// Any output on stderr is logged as a warning in the application logs. /// Output on stdout is ignored. pub fn open(alloc: Allocator, url: []const u8) !void { const argv = switch (builtin.os.tag) { .linux => &.{ "xdg-open", url }, .macos => &.{ "open", url }, .windows => &.{ "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url }, .ios => return error.Unimplemented, else => @compileError("unsupported OS"), }; var exe = std.process.Child.init(argv, alloc); // Pipe stdout/stderr so we can collect output from the command exe.stdout_behavior = .Pipe; exe.stderr_behavior = .Pipe; var stdout = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc); var stderr = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc); defer { stdout.deinit(); stderr.deinit(); } // 50 KiB is the default value used by std.process.Child.run const output_max_size = 50 * 1024; try exe.spawn(); try exe.collectOutput(&stdout, &stderr, output_max_size); _ = try exe.wait(); // If we have any stderr output we log it. This makes it easier for // users to debug why some open commands may not work as expected. if (stderr.items.len > 0) std.log.err("open stderr={s}", .{stderr.items}); }