[R] opening a PDF document

Prof Brian Ripley
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:57:40 -0000

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, 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?

R for Windows has 'open.exe'.

All other platforms have an apppriate comannd (if available) as
getOption("pdfviewer").

>
> Dennis
>
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