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os.startfile() documentation, based on text from Tim Peters.

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@ -940,6 +940,24 @@ Availability: Windows.
\versionadded{1.5.2} \versionadded{1.5.2}
\end{datadesc} \end{datadesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{startfile}{path}
Start a file with its associated application. This acts like
double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer, or giving the file name
as an argument to the DOS \program{start} command: the file is opened
with whatever application (if any) its extension is associated.
\function{startfile()} returns as soon as the associated application
is launched. There is no option to wait for the application to close,
and no way to retrieve the application's exit status. The \var{path}
parameter is relative to the current directory. If you want to use an
absolute path, make sure the first character is not a slash
(\character{/}); the underlying Win32 \cfunction{ShellExecute()}
function doesn't work it is. Use the \function{os.path.normpath()}
function to ensure that the path is properly encoded for Win32.
Availability: Windows.
\versionadded{2.0}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{system}{command} \begin{funcdesc}{system}{command}
Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by
calling the Standard C function \cfunction{system()}, and has the calling the Standard C function \cfunction{system()}, and has the