[Rd] Problem with texi2pdf(..,clean=TRUE)

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 30/08/2013 3:09 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2013, at 2:00 PM, cstrato <cstrato at aon.at> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > To create a *.pdf file from a *.Rnw file I do:
> >
> >      olddir <- getwd();
> >      setwd(outdir);
> >
> >      tryCatch({Sweave("QAReport.Rnw");
> >                tools::texi2pdf("QAReport.tex", clean=TRUE)
> >               },
> >               finally = setwd(olddir)
> >              );
> >
> > This works fine, however 'clean=TRUE' does only work when:
> >     outdir <- "Test/inst/doc/"
> > but does not remove the files *.aux, *.log, *.toc when:
> >     outdir <- "Test/"
> >
> > Why does function texi2pdf() require the directory structure for vignettes for the deletion of interim files?
> >
> > (The help file?texi2pdf does not mention that this structure is necessary.)
> >
> > Best regards
> > Christian
>
>
> In the Details section of ?texi2pdf, there is:
>
> "Despite the name, this is used in R to compile LaTeX files, specifically those generated from vignettes."
>
>
> Since it is intended specifically for package vignettes, the path requirement should not be a surprise. :-)
>

There is no path requirement.  Christian was incorrect in his diagnosis.

texi2pdf won't delete files that existed before it was run, whether or 
not they were changed during the run.  That's likely what Christian was 
seeing.

Duncan Murdoch