Hi Radu,
I'm having no problems with xxx.comment and yyy.tex files being created and
remaining in the root .tex folder when running your MWE's.
Seems like it may an installation problem on your end... but you'll need
to provide additional information on how you are running these.
Obviously, you said that command line methods are working for you. Can you
be more detailed about the non-command line method that you are using? Is
it via TeXworks or something else?
As an aside, I am on Win10 and have no problems. So, it is not a Win10
problem, per se. Although something may have gotten corrupted during the
upgrade. Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling MiKTeX? Another
diagnostic you could use is downloading and running the portable version
instead.
Best,
Chris
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Radu Nicolescu
wrote:
> Hi Chris
>
> Thanks very much for the prompt answer!
>
> The appended samples - taken from a TeX forum (slight insignificant
> changes) - could serve as MWEs
>
> They kind of work, but the files are created deeply in a temp directory
> and then immediately deleted when the compilation ends - thus practically
> unusable for further work
>
> Previously everything worked fine, until I updated to W10...
>
> It still works fine with command-line texify --pdf, i.e. the files are
> created in the current folder and are not automatically deleted
>
> Thanks
>
> Radu
>
> ---
> First MWE
> ---
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{newfile}
> \newoutputstream{comment}
> \openoutputfile{xxx.comment}{comment}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \section{Test}
> text one
> \addtostream{comment}{\noexpand\item comment one at page \thepage}
>
> text two
> \addtostream{comment}{\noexpand\item comment two}
>
> \section{Comments}
>
> \closeoutputstream{comment}
> \begin{enumerate}
> \input{xxx.comment}
> \end{enumerate}
>
> \end{document}
> ---
>
> ---
> Another MWE attempt
> ---
> \documentclass{minimal}
> \newwrite\tempfile
> \begin{document}
>
> \immediate\openout\tempfile=yyy.tex
> \immediate\write\tempfile{yyy: this is quite interesting}
> \immediate\write\tempfile{}
> \immediate\write\tempfile{yyy: this too}
> \immediate\closeout\tempfile
>
> \input{yyy.tex}
>
> this is bizarre
> \end{document}
> ---
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Christopher Weedall [mailto:cweed...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:35 PM
> To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.
> Subject: [FORGED] Re: [MiKTeX] writing custom files
>
> Hi Radu,
>
> Without the exact file you wrote, it's difficult for us to say whether
> this is actually a MiKTeX problem or not. I'm inclined to say it's the way
> you wrote it, because when I use \newwrite, my files remain - both using
> the default compilation methods in MiKTeX's TeXworks and my own custom ones
> (command line calls which change the build file output folder to be a
> subfolder instead).
>
> Take a look at this answer about a question with \newwrite and see if it
> answers your question somehow:
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/323464/78866
>
> As an unrelated point to \newwrite, you can change the output folder by
> specify the -aux-directory=DIR and -output-directory=DIR options (for
> example, when calling miktex-xelatex.exe). I don't have any problems with
> these build and output files disappearing ever - unless I manually delete
> them, of course.
>
> If you are still having problems, I suggest you providing the list with a
> minimal example of what you *are* doing that causes problems. We can run
> it locally and identify if we receive the same behavior as you, or not. If
> not, then the problem is likely your MiKTeX installation. If the behavior
> is identical, then technically, you should directly your question to a
> different site/list, because that will mean it's a (La)TeX problem instead,
> probably.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Best,
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Radu Nicolescu <
> r.nicole...@auckland.ac.nz>
> wrote:
>
> > Apologies for the perhaps trivial question
> >
> > Basically, I am working on Windows 10 and I need to keep the files
> > which I create, e.g. via \newwrite or \newoutputstream of package
> > newfile
> >
> > By default, these files used to be stored in the same folder as the
> > main .tex file
> >
> > Currently, they seem stored in a temporary folder, which is
> > automatically and quickly deleted at the end of the compilation, e.g.
> >
> > C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\mik85410\_src
> >
> > Can I configure MiKTeX to revert to the expected behaviour or are
> > there alternate ways to ensure that these files are not deleted?
> >
> > Interestingly, everything is as expected, if I compile directly from
> > the command-line, i.e. using texify --pdf
> >
> > Any suggestion would be much appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Radu
> >
> >
> >
> >
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