如何在lua中打开文件

Question

How to open a file on desktop in lua program? Is there a simple way to do it?

I'm trying to make a addon for a game so when I'm in combat, It opens my mp3 file on my computer. It's running on Windows 10.

Answer 1

To open a file in it's registered application you can use os.execute('start [file_path]') , as stated by Henri and Bartek

the registered application is the application that launches when you double click the file icon, it is determined by the file's extension Examples: .lua , mp3 , .txt .

You can find/change the application in the properties window of the file on a windows system:

The start param is not system independent, some systems will require open rather then start . Related information on determining os: how-can-i-determine-the-os-of-the-system-from-within-a-lua-script