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#!/usr/bin/env node
"use strict";
var childProcess = require("child_process");
function opener(args, options, callback) {
// http://stackoverflow.com/q/1480971/3191, but see below for Windows.
var command = process.platform === "win32" ? "cmd" :
process.platform === "darwin" ? "open" :
"xdg-open";
if (typeof args === "string") {
args = [args];
}
if (typeof options === "function") {
callback = options;
options = {};
}
if (options && typeof options === "object" && options.command) {
if (process.platform === "win32") {
// *always* use cmd on windows
args = [options.command].concat(args);
} else {
command = options.command;
}
}
if (process.platform === "win32") {
// On Windows, we really want to use the "start" command. But, the rules regarding arguments with spaces, and
// escaping them with quotes, can get really arcane. So the easiest way to deal with this is to pass off the
// responsibility to "cmd /c", which has that logic built in.
//
// Furthermore, if "cmd /c" double-quoted the first parameter, then "start" will interpret it as a window title,
// so we need to add a dummy empty-string window title: http://stackoverflow.com/a/154090/3191
//
// Additionally, on Windows ampersand needs to be escaped when passed to "start"
args = args.map(function(value) {
return value.replace(/&/g, '^&');
});
args = ["/c", "start", '""'].concat(args);
}
return childProcess.execFile(command, args, options, callback);
}
// Export `opener` for programmatic access.
// You might use this to e.g. open a website: `opener("http://google.com")`
module.exports = opener;
// If we're being called from the command line, just execute, using the command-line arguments.
if (require.main && require.main.id === module.id) {
opener(process.argv.slice(2), function (error) {
if (error) {
throw error;
}
});
}