| shell.exec {base} | R Documentation |
Open a File or URL using Windows File Associations
Description
Opens the specified file or URL using the application specified in the Windows file associations.
Usage
shell.exec(file)
Arguments
file |
file or URL to be opened. |
Details
The path in file is interpreted relative to the current working
directory.
R versions 2.13.0 and earlier interpreted file relative to
the R home directory, so a complete path was usually needed.
Encoded ‘file://’ URLs should be in the Windows standard form,
e.g. "file:///c:/path/to/file.txt".
Value
No value, but informative error messages will be given if the operation fails.
Author(s)
B. D. Ripley and Duncan Murdoch
See Also
system, shell
Examples
## Not run:
## the space should not be encoded here
shell.exec("C:\\Program Files\\BreezeSys\\BreezeBrowser\\Breezebrowser.htm")
shell.exec("C:/Program Files/BreezeSys/BreezeBrowser/Breezebrowser.htm")
shell.exec("file:///C:/Program Files/BreezeSys/BreezeBrowser/Breezebrowser.htm")
## End(Not run)