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-rw-r--r--Lib/webbrowser.py16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py
index 7a1a3b4994..7b0f7367db 100644
--- a/Lib/webbrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py
@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@ class GenericBrowser(BaseBrowser):
cmdline = [self.name] + [arg.replace("%s", url)
for arg in self.args]
try:
- p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True)
+ if sys.platform[:3] == 'win':
+ p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline)
+ else:
+ p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True)
return not p.wait()
except OSError:
return False
@@ -178,11 +181,14 @@ class BackgroundBrowser(GenericBrowser):
def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
cmdline = [self.name] + [arg.replace("%s", url)
for arg in self.args]
- setsid = getattr(os, 'setsid', None)
- if not setsid:
- setsid = getattr(os, 'setpgrp', None)
try:
- p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True, preexec_fn=setsid)
+ if sys.platform[:3] == 'win':
+ p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline)
+ else:
+ setsid = getattr(os, 'setsid', None)
+ if not setsid:
+ setsid = getattr(os, 'setpgrp', None)
+ p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True, preexec_fn=setsid)
return (p.poll() is None)
except OSError:
return False