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

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 30/08/2013 3:21 PM, cstrato wrote:
> 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()?

No.

Duncan Murdoch
>
> 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
> >