On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 17:02 +0000, Richard Lewis wrote: > Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Does anybody on the list know how to check whether \write18 is enabled > > in a TeX document? > > This page > <http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/c843abf7f2f476b7/361e72f2028b7798?lnk=st&q=test+%5Cwrite18+enabled&rnum=2#361e72f2028b7798>
Ah, there was this discussion. > gives one possibility: > > \def\tmpfile{/tmp/w18-test-\the\year\the\month\the\day\the\time} > \immediate\write18{touch \tmpfile} > \IfFileExists{\tmpfile}{\message{YES}}{\message{NO}} > > but one should really check \tmpfile didnt exist before the 'touch', > and maybe get rid of \tmpfile afterwards (which has possible security > risks i suppose). Indeed, it's an unsave way to create a temporary file. An it has /tmp hardcoded in it. I am quite sure that Heiko won't add something like this to epstopdf.sty. cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]