On 19/08/2010 7:55 AM, Marius Hofert wrote:
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 :-(
The texi2dvi function has two possible execution paths: in one, it
basically constructs a call to the system texi2dvi command and calls
that, and in the other it emulates the behaviour of texi2dvi. I haven't
checked recently, but I think the second method doesn't do anything with
clean=TRUE, so it looks as though this is a problem with the texi2dvi
command you have installed on your system.
To confirm this, run debug(tools:::.shell_with_capture), and run
texi2dvi. When R breaks in that .shell_with_capture, it will show you
what it is trying to execute. If it is using your system texi2dvi
command, it will call it once with option --help to find out what
options are supported, and then a second call will show you the main
command line. You can use this to report a bug to Apple or whoever
supplied your texi2dvi.
Duncan Murdoch
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)
>>>>
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