# # This allows us to use 'open FILENAME' to open a given file in the default # application for the file. # if not command -sq open function open --description "Open file in default application" set -l options h/help argparse -n open $options -- $argv or return if set -q _flag_help __fish_print_help open return 0 end if not set -q argv[1] printf (_ "%ls: Expected at least %d args, got only %d\n") open 1 0 return 1 end if type -q -f cygstart for i in $argv cygstart $i end else if type -q -f xdg-open for i in $argv # In the "generic" path where it doesn't use a helper utility, # xdg-open fails to fork off, so it blocks the terminal. xdg-open $i & # Note: We *need* to pass $last_pid, or it will disown the last *existing* job. # In case xdg-open forks, that would be whatever else the user has backgrounded. # # Yes, this has a (hopefully theoretical) race of the PID being recycled. disown $last_pid 2>/dev/null end else echo (_ 'No open utility found. Try installing "xdg-open" or "xdg-utils".') end end end