I want to give the user any option he want to edit a file, how can I open a file with the default program of the specific file type? I need it to work with Windows and Linux but Mac option would be great too.
as PSkocik said, first detect the platform and get the command line :
function getCommandLine() {
switch (process.platform) {
case 'darwin' : return 'open';
case 'win32' : return 'start';
case 'win64' : return 'start';
default : return 'xdg-open';
}
}
second , execute the command line followed by the path
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
exec(getCommandLine() + ' ' + filePath);