> > $ cat /home/sanjoy/bin/texmfstart
> > #!/bin/bash
> > ruby `kpsewhich --format=texmfscripts texmfstart.rb` "$@"
> >
> > $ cat /home/sanjoy/bin/texexec
> > #!/bin/sh
> > texmfstart texexec.rb "$@"
> >
>
> Thanks, I'm using them too, but I remember there was some confusion
> about "$@" versus $@ in this command.
"$@" is correct. $@ passes on arguments one word at a time whereas
"$@" will wrap each argument in quotes. I know that's a cloudy
explanation, so here's an example of the difference. If you have a
filename with spaces (gah!) like "abc def.tex", then
texexec "abc def.tex"
will execute (with "$@")
texmfstart texexec.rb "abc def.tex" # good
whereas using $@ it would execute
texmfstart texexec.rb abc def.tex # not good!
-Sanjoy
`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
--Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
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