[OS X TeX] How do I generate PostScript?

[Dan Smith]

On Aug 2, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD wrote:

>
> On Aug 2, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Dan Smith wrote:
>
>> I need to produce a PostScript file from my LaTeX source.  This  
>> used to be the standard workflow (tex->dvi->ps->pdf), but now  
>> "latex" is an alias for "pdftex", and I can't find a command or  
>> option that will produce dvi output instead.  I know it's a rather  
>> simple question, but what am I missing?
>>
>> (My typical workflow is to produce PDFs with TeXShop, but I'm happy  
>> with using the command line for this instance; I'm using TeXLive  
>> 2007.)
>>
>> —Dan
>>
>
> latex filename.tex from the command line worked fine for me in  
> making a dvi file.

Here's a transcript:

> $ -> ls
> mathpartir.sty       example.tex
>
> $ -> latex example.tex
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> <clipped>
> Output written on example.pdf (21 pages, 291315 bytes).
> Transcript written on example.log.
>
> $ -> ls
> mathpartir.sty       example.log example.tex
> example.aux example.pdf
>
> $ -> which latex
> /usr/texbin/latex
>
> $ -> ls -l /usr/texbin/latex
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  6 Apr 30 20:03 /usr/texbin/latex -> pdftex
>
> $ -> ls -l /usr/texbin/pdftex
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1278168 Feb  6  2007 /usr/texbin/pdftex
>
> $ -> ls -l /usr/texbin
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  63 Apr 30 20:05 /usr/texbin -> ../Library/ 
> TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/i386
>
> dan at Luciano ~/Research/java-type-system/oopsla08
> $ -> ls -l /Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/
> total 8
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  32 Apr 30 20:05 Contents -> ../ 
> TeXLive-2007.texdist/Contents

I don't know where to find a standard "latex" command that doesn't use  
pdftex.

—Dan