Source code for pipeLion.utils.platformUtils

import os
import sys
from pipeLion.core.errors.coreErrors import OsNotSupportedError

def currentPlatform():
	""" returns wether the current operating system is mac, linux or windows
	"""
	platform = sys.platform.lower()
	if platform == 'linux2':
		return 'linux'
	elif platform == 'win32' or platform == 'cygwin':
		return 'windows'
	elif platform == 'darwin' or platform == 'os2' or platform == 'os2emx':
		return 'mac'
	else:
		raise OSNotSupportedError(platform)
	
def userDirectory():
	""" method returns the path to the user directory. It is platform independent for Linux, MacOsX and Windows
	"""
	return os.getenv('USERPROFILE') or os.getenv('HOME')

def launchFileWithDefaultApplication(file):
	""" method will launch the given file with the default application set by the os.
		
		:param file: the file, which should be opened
		:type file: string:
	"""
	if currentPlatform() == 'linux':
		os.system('xdg-open "%s"'%file)
	else:
		os.startfile(file)