Dear Tim, if I run ...
## 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) ... on a "fresh-and-clean" working directory (and also no files in the subdirectory ./test), I only get the file myLaTeXFile2.tex in ./test, so *everything* (including the .pdf) is deleted :-( I work with R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) on a MacBook Pro running 10.6.4. Cheers, Marius On 2010-08-19, at 13:38 , Tim Gruene wrote: > Dear Marius, > > yes, that's what I had meant. > > I am sorry I had not actually tested my suggestion nor your problem (bad > practice). Now I have and actually in case 2 you describe I only end up > with test/myLaTeXFile2.tex and myLaTeXFile2.pdf. > > If, however, I run texi2dvi at least once with option 'clean=F', the > auxiliary files > are generated and left in the path. Also upon a subsequent run with the option > 'clean=T', they are not being deleted. > > Could this also be the case for you, i.e., that you once used the option > 'clean=F' (or not set at all) and now are made believe 'clean=T' does not work > because they are still there but actually left-overs from the old run? > > I run "R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)" on Debian stable. > > Kind regards, Tim > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:41:57PM +0200, Marius Hofert wrote: >> 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 >>> > > -- > -- > 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.