open a folder via app

MoKaLux

my fellow developers
Is it possible to have a link (a button, or a textfield...) in my app to open a folder on my system (windows10) and actually showing it?
I tried application:openUrl("|D|") but that doesn't work.
Also had a look at LFS but no such option available.
Thank you.

rrraptor

You can use

os.execute("start C:/path/to/folder")

Or if your path contains spaces:

local path = "H:\\ShdowPLAY\\TMP\\Mafia Definitive Edition" --local path = "H:/ShdowPLAY/TMP/Mafia Definitive Edition" -- same os.execute("start \"\" \"" .. path .. "\"")

MoKaLux

oh I wasn't even aware that gideros had an os class.

This is pure genius rrraptor
"Mafia Definitive Edition"

https://wiki.gideros.rocks/index.php/Os.execute

MoKaLux

does anybody have another use for os.execute(...)?
that would be good to know
I looked for c function and tried this:

os.execute("dir")

os.execute("dir "..lfs.currentdir())

but nothing happens