setPBSext function

Set Command to Associate with File Name Extension

Set a command with an associated extension, for use in openFile. The command must specify where the target file name is inserted by indicating a '%f'.

setPBSext(ext, cmd)

Arguments

• ext: character -- string specifying the extension suffix.
• cmd: character -- command string to associate with the extension.

Note

These values are not saved from one PBS Modelling session to the next.

Author(s)

Alex Couture-Beil, Software Engineer

Earthly Technologies, Victoria BC

Maintainer: Rowan Haigh, Program Head -- Offshore Rockfish

Pacific Biological Station (PBS), Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO), Nanaimo BC

locus opus: Regional Headquarters (RHQ), Vancouver BC

Last modified Rd: 2023-01-05

See Also

In package PBSmodelling:

getPBSext, openFile, clearPBSext

Examples

## Not run:

local(envir=.PBSmodEnv,expr={
  ## Set 'Firefox' to open '.html' files (only applicable if Firefox is NOT default web browser)
  setPBSext("html", '"c:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe" file://%f')
  openFile("foo.html")

  ## Set 'notepad' to open '.txt' files (only applicable if notepad is NOT default editor)
  ## Note that commands to editors (at least in Windows) do not use 'file://'.
  setPBSext('txt', '"C:/Windows/notepad.exe" %f')
  openFile("foo.txt")
})
## End(Not run)