import os always_works = 0 def starturl(url, dwell=0, add_msg="", tempfile = "name_ending_in.html"): html = "<html><head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=refresh " html += 'content="%s; url=%s">' % (dwell, url) html += "\r\n</head><body bgcolor=#d0d0d0>\r\n" html += "<h2>Loading .... " html += "<a href=%s>%s</a>" % (url,url) html += "<p><h3>%s</h3>\r\n</body></html>" % add_msg emfile_open_flags = os.O_WRONLY+os.O_CREAT+os.O_TRUNC+os.O_BINARY emf = os.open(tempfile, emfile_open_flags) os.write(emf, html) os.close(emf) os.startfile(tempfile) if __name__ == '__main__': if always_works == 1: starturl("http://www.python.org") else: os.startfile("http://www.python.org")