Dear Tim, you mean
require(tools) filepath <- paste(getwd(),"/test/myLaTeXFile2.tex",sep="") sink(file=filepath) cat("\\documentclass{article}\n") cat("\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\n") cat("\\usepackage[english]{babel}\n") cat("\\usepackage{blindtext}\n") cat("\\begin{document}\n") cat("\\blindtext[10]\n") cat("\\end{document}\n") sink() texi2dvi(filepath,pdf=TRUE,quiet=TRUE,texi2dvi=getOption("texi2dvi --mostly-clean")) ? The problem is that this does not work. It produces the same output as my "Example 2" without the "clean"-option. So it leaves all files in the working directory. The reason why I am looking for a "clean-up" is that I have to compile several hundred LaTeX files in different directories... Cheers, Marius On 2010-08-19, at 12:33 , Tim Gruene wrote: > Dear Marius, > > from reading the texi2dvi man-page and R-help on texi2dvi I suggest to set > 'clean=F' and use 'texi2dvi = getOption("texi2dvi --mostly-clean")' instead. > > Tim > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:36:30AM +0200, Marius Hofert wrote: >> Dear expeRts, >> >> below are two examples of using texi2dvi. The problem becomes clear from the >> second example: on cleaning, texi2dvi also deletes the generated .pdf file. >> Is there a solution? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Marius >> >> ## Example 1: texi2dvi cleans fine, without deleting the generated .pdf >> require(tools) >> sink(file="myLaTeXFile1.tex") >> cat("\\documentclass{article}\n") >> cat("\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\n") >> cat("\\usepackage[english]{babel}\n") >> cat("\\usepackage{blindtext}\n") >> cat("\\begin{document}\n") >> cat("\\blindtext[10]\n") >> cat("\\end{document}\n") >> sink() >> texi2dvi("myLaTeXFile1.tex",pdf=TRUE,clean=TRUE,quiet=TRUE) >> >> ## Example 2: texi2dvi also deletes the generated .pdf >> require(tools) >> filepath <- paste(getwd(),"/test/myLaTeXFile2.tex",sep="") >> sink(file=filepath) >> cat("\\documentclass{article}\n") >> cat("\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\n") >> cat("\\usepackage[english]{babel}\n") >> cat("\\usepackage{blindtext}\n") >> cat("\\begin{document}\n") >> cat("\\blindtext[10]\n") >> cat("\\end{document}\n") >> sink() >> texi2dvi(filepath,pdf=TRUE,clean=TRUE,quiet=TRUE) >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > -- > Tim Gruene > Institut fuer anorganische Chemie > Tammannstr. 4 > D-37077 Goettingen > > GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.