On 2009-07-04 21:42:32 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> wrote: > > bibtopic.sty creates files with hardcoded filenames btaux.aux and > > btbbl.aux. This is potentially bad if one wants to compile several > > independent .tex files in parallel (from the same directory). > > Agreed. Would you be so kind and contact the upstream author about this?
I've just sent him a mail (with a reference to this bug report). > > Also, if they are temporary files, they should be removed. > > This is never done automatically with TeX files, since a given run never > knows whether the user intends to run again (e.g. after minor changes to > the source). Well, it seems that these files btaux.aux and btbbl.aux are different from the other .aux files: these files are created several times during the run (before being appended to a permanent .aux file) and are not used in a later pass. That's why I said they should be removed. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

