Open a file with npp exec

Patrick Danilevici

I use NPP EXEC plugin to compile with arara my LaTeX file. All is ok. The final command I want to open the specific file that is created. How to open a file using npp exec command?

I tried

cmd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).pdf

but I get

Process started (PID=11388) >>>
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.804]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
X:\full-path\>

and is waiting for my input.

Alan Kilborn

@Patrick-Danilevici

Maybe try start instead of cmd.
Or perhaps cmd /c start.

Alan Kilborn

Actually I missed the part about NppExec which I’m not the most familiar with. Maybe it has better ways…

PeterJones

@Patrick-Danilevici ,

even from the normal command line, if you typed cmd.exe blah.pdf, you would get the same result. (Try it, I did)

The correct syntax to run a command (or a file) with cmd.exe is cmd /c filename. Thus, if you run

cmd /c "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).pdf"

it will launch your file association for PDF files with the special variables to define the file’s path. (Note: I also added the quotes, because $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) can contain spaces

Patrick Danilevici

@PeterJones Teaching literature is not an advantage when you use pc that’s why sometimes I ask on communities simple questions. Is working now. Thanks a lot!