on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 07:02:03PM -0400, dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:19:07PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > | I'm trying to use TeX in a script. Problem I've got is convincing TeX > | to put its output where I want it to. > | > | Anyone got a hint for forcing TeX to create an output DVI file with a > | specified name? > > I was thinking of making a (script) frontend to LaTeX to get the > desired output (PS usually) but *not* have the extra temporary junk > lying around. What I was thinking of was create a temp directory > (using some well-tested method) and cd to it. Run LaTeX from there > and then copy out the files I really want to keep. Then I would clean > up the junk afterwards. Maybe the same sort of option is available > for you? This is how I'm leaning. I don't know a good temp*directory* creater, a la tempfile. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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