// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

// Licensed under the MIT License.

import * as child_process from 'child_process';

import * as os from 'os';

export function launch(url: string) {

let openCommand: string | undefined;

if (os.platform() === 'win32') {

openCommand = 'explorer';

} else if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {

openCommand = '/usr/bin/open';

} else {

openCommand = '/usr/bin/xdg-open';

}

if (!openCommand) {

console.error(`Unable to determine platform to launch the browser in the Python extension on platform '${os.platform()}'.`);

console.error(`Link is: ${url}`);

}

child_process.spawn(openCommand, [url]);

}