[R] texi2dvi: option "clean" also deletes the generated pdf file

[Marius Hofert]

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)
>>>> 
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