Well, I'm afraid I won't be of any help here. I hope somehone will bring you an answer. Thanks again.
2008/9/5, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Jérôme, > > nice that my hints solved your problem. There's only one more thing I'd > like to learn: > > "Jérôme Champavère" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/these/avancement_2008$ env -i latex avancement.tex >> lstat(./latex) failed ... >> ./latex: No such file or directory >> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > I get a different result here: > > $ env -i latex Pinball_Wizard.tex > This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > Why does it find latex at all, on both system, when the environment > variable PATH is to be ignored? And if the shell parses the commandline > in advance and replaces "latex" by "/usr/bin/latex" internally, why does > Jérôme get the error message > >> lstat(./latex) failed ... >> ./latex: No such file or directory > > And, just for curiosity, how can I see to what PATH is set when "env -i" > is used? > > $ env -i echo $PATH > > gives > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/home/frank/bin > > because $PATH is substituted by the shell before env starts. If I > protect the variable from shell expansion, how can I make "someone" read > it again: > > $ env -i eval echo '$PATH' > env: eval: No such file or directory > > I guess Florent could answer this, but I haven't heard from him for ages. > > Regards, Frank > > -- > Frank Küster > Debian Developer (TeXLive) > ADFC Miltenberg > B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
