[OS X TeX] aux files
Claus Gerhardt
gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Sun Feb 20 16:50:32 CET 2005
Sorry, there was a typo in the script.
Below is an Applescript that should remove the log file of any tex file
that is front most in TeXShop. You can save it as a TeXShop Macro.
Claus
tell application "TeXShop"
get path of document of window 1
set fileName to result
end tell
set {baseName, texName, pdfName, namePath, dirName, dirNameunquoted,
logName, logPath, rtfName} to setnamets(fileName)
set logPath to quoted form of logPath
do shell script "rm "& logPath
on setnamets(x)
set n to (number of characters of contents of x)
set fileNamequoted to quoted form of x
set windowName to do shell script "basename " & fileNamequoted
set m to (number of characters of contents of windowName)
set dirName to quoted form of (characters 1 thru (n - m - 1) of x as
string)
set dirNameunquoted to (characters 1 thru (n - m - 1) of x as string)
set theText to contents of windowName as string
set n to (number of characters of contents of theText)
set i to n as number
repeat while i > 0
if character i of theText is equal to "." then
set m to i
exit repeat
else
set i to (i - 1)
end if
end repeat
set baseName to (characters 1 thru (m - 1) of theText as string)
set texName to baseName & ".tex"
set namePath to dirNameunquoted & "/" & baseName as string
set pdfName to namePath & ".pdf" as string
set rtfName to namePath & ".rtf" as string
set logPath to namePath & ".log" as string
set logName to baseName & ".log" as string
try
tell application "TeXShop"
save document texName
end tell
end try
return {baseName, texName, pdfName, namePath, dirName,
dirNameunquoted, logName, logPath, rtfName} as list
end setnamets
On Feb 20, 2005, at 16:30, nachman wrote:
> Folks,
>
> This is probably an OS X question. On occasion, using XeLateX to make
> text for slides for Keynote, TeXShop has a problem and runs off the
> deep end, generating a masssive log file. OK, I can live with this.
> But after forcing TeXShop to quit I sometimes have a log file that
> fills up half my hard disk. Trashing the file is possible, but
> emptying the trash is not. Even after quitting TeXShop I get a "in
> use" error message. How do I get rid of those files without a
> complete reboot?
>
> Jack Nachman
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Claus Gerhardt
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