Re: [NTG-context] bug with --purgeall?
On 29-12-2011 21:35, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: I'm not sure whether I got it right: do you use context --purgeall instead of the Windows version of rm *.log *.tuc (and other file extensions)? (Sorry, I'm not proficient at Windows shell :-(). indeed, which is quite ok as often tex jobs run on their own path also, there is --purge (without all) that can be used I guess that context --purgeall * would be a better choice, since the user explicitly asks to remove all files with the proper extensions. even then it would be --pattern=* as you don't want shell expansion messing things up Otherwise one might accidentally (as I did yesterday) end deleting log files totally unrelated to ConTeXt or even TeX, such as log files, sure, so don't use --purgeall then; it's quite unlikely that I will change this behaviour if only because I use it all over the place in scripts Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] bug with --purgeall?
On 29-12-2011 17:12, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: On 12/29/2011 04:01 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 29-12-2011 07:24, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, yesterday I ran the following command: context --purgeall --environment=mysecondstyle.tex --mode=myexample.xml I know that the source file is missing (I discovered it later). This is not my issue. The problem is that the --purgeall option caused context to erase all ..log files contained in that directory. Instead of asking for a source file name, it deleted all .log files. I'm afraid this is a bug, at least it shouldn't erase files that context didn't generate. how should it know? By name and by modification date and time. But in any case, the following command: context --purgeall should give an error (missing document) before trying to purge all documents. Well, I use it to really purge all those files, including logs (left overs from tests and such). Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] bug with --purgeall?
On 29-12-2011 07:24, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, yesterday I ran the following command: context --purgeall --environment=mysecondstyle.tex --mode=myexample.xml I know that the source file is missing (I discovered it later). This is not my issue. The problem is that the --purgeall option caused context to erase all ..log files contained in that directory. Instead of asking for a source file name, it deleted all .log files. I'm afraid this is a bug, at least it shouldn't erase files that context didn't generate. how should it know - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] bug with --purgeall?
On 12/29/2011 04:01 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 29-12-2011 07:24, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: Hi there, yesterday I ran the following command: context --purgeall --environment=mysecondstyle.tex --mode=myexample.xml I know that the source file is missing (I discovered it later). This is not my issue. The problem is that the --purgeall option caused context to erase all ..log files contained in that directory. Instead of asking for a source file name, it deleted all .log files. I'm afraid this is a bug, at least it shouldn't erase files that context didn't generate. how should it know? By name and by modification date and time. But in any case, the following command: context --purgeall should give an error (missing document) before trying to purge all documents. Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] bug with --purgeall?
On 12/29/2011 07:49 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 29-12-2011 17:12, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: On 12/29/2011 04:01 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: how should it know? By name and by modification date and time. But in any case, the following command: context --purgeall should give an error (missing document) before trying to purge all documents. Well, I use it to really purge all those files, including logs (left overs from tests and such). Thanks for your reply, Hans. I'm not sure whether I got it right: do you use context --purgeall instead of the Windows version of rm *.log *.tuc (and other file extensions)? (Sorry, I'm not proficient at Windows shell :-(). I guess that context --purgeall * would be a better choice, since the user explicitly asks to remove all files with the proper extensions. Otherwise one might accidentally (as I did yesterday) end deleting log files totally unrelated to ConTeXt or even TeX, such as log files, Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] bug with --purgeall?
Hi there, yesterday I ran the following command: context --purgeall --environment=mysecondstyle.tex --mode=myexample.xml I know that the source file is missing (I discovered it later). This is not my issue. The problem is that the --purgeall option caused context to erase all .log files contained in that directory. Instead of asking for a source file name, it deleted all .log files. I'm afraid this is a bug, at least it shouldn't erase files that context didn't generate. Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
