<div dir="ltr">The same in linux with (hopefully) all engines:<br><br>[zw@centos tmp]$ echo '\end' > a\ \ a.tex<br>[zw@centos tmp]$ cat a\ \ a.tex <br>\end<br><br>[zw@centos tmp]$ pdftex a\ \ a.tex <br>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded format=pdftex)<br>entering extended mode<br>! I can't find file `"a a.tex"'.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)<br>Please type another input file name: null<br>(/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/knuth-lib/null.tex)<br>*^C! Interruption.<br><*> <br> <br>? x<br>No pages of output.<br>Transcript written on null.log.<br><br>[zw@centos tmp]$ xetex a\ \ a.tex <br>This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded format=xetex)<br>entering extended mode<br>! I can't find file `"a a.tex"'.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)<br>Please type another input file name: <br>! Emergency stop.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>No pages of output.<br>Transcript written on texput.log.<br><br>[zw@centos tmp]$ luatex a\ \ a.tex <br>This is LuaTeX, Version 0.95.0 (TeX Live 2016) <br>! I can't find file `a a.tex'.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)<br>Please type another input file name: <br>! Emergency stop.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!<br>Transcript written on texput.log.<br><br>[zw@centos tmp]$ tex a\ \ a.tex <br>This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded format=tex)<br>! I can't find file `"a a.tex"'.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)<br>Please type another input file name: <br>! Emergency stop.<br><*> "a a.tex"<br> <br>No pages of output.<br>Transcript written on texput.log.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Zdeněk Wagner<br><a href="http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml" target="_blank">http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml</a><br><a href="http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz" target="_blank">http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-04-30 22:48 GMT+02:00 Philip Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk" target="_blank">P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Philip Taylor wrote:<br>
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<demonstration of bug using TeX Live><br>
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FWIW :<br>
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> D:\>del "a a.tex"<br>
<span class="">><br>
> D:\>type "a a.tex"<br>
> \end<br>
><br>
</span>> D:\>tex "a a.tex"<br>
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX) (preloaded format=tex)<br>
<span class="">> ! I can't find file `"a a.tex"'.<br>
> <*> "a a.tex"<br>
><br>
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit)<br>
> Please type another input file name: ^Z<br>
><br>
> ! Emergency stop.<br>
> <*> "a a.tex"<br>
><br>
</span>> No pages of output.<br>
> Transcript written on texput.log.<br>
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