system command to open a file in r

Question

need help to open a file in system directory like pdf file in path ="c:\\abc\\xyz.pdf" with system default pdf viewer
Or to open image in folder using system default photo viewer already try system('"E:\\pdf_ka_zakhera\\9780387981406-c1.pdf"') in R

Answer 1

Try this:

shell("E:\\pdf_ka_zakhera\\9780387981406-c1.pdf")

From "shell" help page:

To make use of Windows file associations, use shell.exec