openFile {berryFunctions} | R Documentation |
open a file using system2
with command based on operating system.
Tries to open the file with the program associated with its file extension.
See openPDF
to open files with sumatraPDF.
openFile(file, ...)
file |
Filename to be opened, as character string. |
... |
Further arguments passed to |
Result of try(system2, ...), invisibly
Berry Boessenkool, berry-b@gmx.de, Aug 2017
https://askubuntu.com/questions/15354, https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/212583
## Not run: # excluded from CRAN checks, file opening not wanted
openFile("README.md")
openFile("Tests.R")
openFile(c("README.md","Tests.R"))
is.error(openFile("dummydummydoesntexist.R"), TRUE, TRUE)
openFile(tempdir())
## End(Not run)
#' # To open folders (not files) with system2:
# "nautilus" on linux ubuntu
# "open" or "dolphin" on mac
# "explorer" or "start" on windows
# But open / xdg-open seems to work as well