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

[cstrato]

Dear Duncan, dear Marc,

Thank you for your fast reply.

Can you please tell me:
If texi2pdf() won't delete files how are the files deleted when the 
directory structure is Test/inst/doc/?
Is this done by Sweave()?

Best regards,
Christian


On 8/30/13 9:14 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 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
>