[R] texi2dvi: option "clean" also deletes the generated pdf file
Duncan Murdoch
murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 14:33:13 CEST 2010
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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