[R] opening a PDF document

markleeds at verizon.net
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:23:01 -0000

i guess it depends on what you have installed on your linux OS but
xpdf works for me. i use fedora.




On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at  7:18 PM, Dennis Fisher wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> I am interesting in opening a PDF document via the command line from
> both Windows, OS X, and Linux ( R version 2.8.0).  I found a command
> openPDF in Biobase.  However, I would rather execute the command
> myself.  For example, in OS X:
>> 	system("open filename.pdf")
> is successful.
>
> Is there a comparable command line command for Windows or Linux?
>
> Dennis
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