Dear Marius, I see. I suppose it's a matter of your version of texi2dvi then - when I do the same in a freshly created directory (including the "test" directory), cutting and pasting your very code into R leaves me only with "myLaTeXFile2.pdf" and "test/myLaTeXFile2.tex"
This is texi2dvi --version texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 4.11) 1.104 Tim On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 01:55:06PM +0200, 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 :-( > > 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 > > -- -- Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A
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