[l2h] period in path name

[Ian Nimmo-Smith]

I apologise if this is just a simple error on my part.

Using LaTeX2HTML Version 98.1 release (February 19th, 1998) I have run across 
a problem which I eventually tracked down to pstoimg sometimes not being able 
to find previously created image files, because the dvipsk step is putting 
them in the wrong place.

I have now established that this occurs if somewhere in the path leading to 
the original .tex file there is directory whose name contains a dot ('.'); for 
then the image ps get created in the next directory above. By avoiding this 
type of directory name I bypass the problem, but it's rather an annoying 
restriction.

E.g. 

little.tex is in the directory /home/ian/zzz.stuff/

I run latex2html little.tex which generates one image file 

Getting the following extracted output
  
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Writing image file ...
...
images will be generated in /home/ian/zzz.stuff/little/l2h18040/
...
This is dvipsk 5.58f Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software
' TeX output 1999.10.12:1756' -> /home/ian/zzz.stuff/little/l2h18040/image
(-> /home/ian/zzz.001) <tex.pro><special.pro><color.pro>[1] 
pstoimg: Cannot find file /home/ian/zzz.stuff/little/l2h18040/image001.ps: No 
such file or directory
Error while converting image: No such file or directory
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Note that the dvipsk step sends its output to /home/ian/zzz.001, at the same 
directory level as zzz.stuff. This postscript file is actually created, but 
it's not the right place for the pstoimg step.

If I change the name zzz.stuff to anything without a '.' (e.g. just zzz) the 
problem goes away.

Does this seem familiar to anyone?

Is there a simple fix?

Ian
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Ian Nimmo-Smith
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
15 Chaucer Road
Cambridge CB2 2EF