With Rust, Open Explorer on a File

Question

If one wanted to show a file in a File Explorer or use the similar "Reveal in Finder" feature found on OSX, how could you do that in rust? Is there a crate that could help?

fn main(){
   reveal_file("tmp/my_file.jpg")
   //would bring up the file in a File Explorer Window
}

I'm looking for something similar to this python solution.

WBuck · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-05T11:00:11.847

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You can use Command to open the finder process.

macOS

use std::process::Command;

fn main( ) {
    println!( "Opening" );
    Command::new( "open" )
        .arg( "." ) // <- Specify the directory you'd like to open.
        .spawn( )
        .unwrap( );
}

Windows

use std::process::Command;

fn main( ) {
    println!( "Opening" );
    Command::new( "explorer" )
        .arg( "." ) // <- Specify the directory you'd like to open.
        .spawn( )
        .unwrap( );
}

EDIT:

As per @hellow's comment.

Linux

use std::process::Command;

fn main( ) {
    println!( "Opening" );
    Command::new( "xdg-open" )
        .arg( "." ) // <- Specify the directory you'd like to open.
        .spawn( )
        .unwrap( );
}

edited Mar 05 '21 at 11:00

answered Mar 05 '21 at 03:25

WBuck

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I believe the link you provided is broken – ANimator120 Mar 05 '21 at 03:40
@ANimator120 fixed. I also added how to do it on `Windows` (which after re-reading your question I think is what you wanted) – WBuck Mar 05 '21 at 03:42
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On Linux you can use `xdg-open` – hellow Mar 05 '21 at 04:57
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I guess there's not a cross platform way to do this though? – ANimator120 Aug 28 '22 at 01:12

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '23 at 00:22

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Add this to your Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
open = "3"

…and open something using…

open::that(".");

answered Jan 27 '23 at 00:22

jnnnnn

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With Rust, Open Explorer on a File

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