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title	id	weight	draft	author
launch_default_app	launch_default_app	30	false	people

NAME

launch_default_app

open file in default application

local dsys = require "lib/dtutils.file"
result = dsys.launch_default_app(path)

path - string - a file path

launch_default_app allows opening a file in the application that is assigned as default for that filetype in the users's system

result - number - the return value signalling success or failure.