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# Copyright (C) 2009, Thomas Leonard
# See the README file for details, or visit http://0install.net.

import os, sys

def open_in_browser(link):
  browser = os.environ.get('BROWSER', 'firefox')
  child = os.fork()
  if child == 0:
    # We are the child
    try:
      os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, browser, browser, link)
      os._exit(0)
    except Exception, ex:
      print >>sys.stderr, "Error", ex
      os._exit(1)
  os.waitpid(child, 0)