[OS X TeX] failure when using »&« in path names
RA Friedrich Vosberg
rafv at me.com
Fri Aug 28 15:28:41 CEST 2009
Morning.
How should I modify the attached below home brewed package to add path
and file names, so that no failure occurs if a path name contains the
letter »&«.
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{pathfile}[2007/04/19 v0.2.0.0 Friedrich Vosberg]
\RequirePackage{xspace}
%
%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\begingroup
\let\\\relax
\immediate\write18{%
pwd | sed -e 's/&/\\&/g' | iconv -f UTF-8-MAC -t MacRoman | awk -F'\
\n' '{%
print"
\\begingroup
\\catcode\string^\string^60\\\string^\string^24=11\\relax
\\catcode\string^\string^60\\\string^\string^26=11\\relax
\\newcommand\\fvpath{" $1 "\\xspace}\\relax
\\expandafter
\\endgroup
\\expandafter\\newcommand
\\expandafter\\fvpath
\\expandafter{\\fvpath}\\relax
\\endinput"
}'
> tmppath.tex%
}
\immediate\write18{%
echo "\jobname" | sed -e 's/&/\\&/g' | iconv -f UTF-8-MAC -t
MacRoman | awk -F'\\n' '{%
print"
\\begingroup
\\catcode\string^\string^60\\\string^\string^24=11\\relax
\\catcode\string^\string^60\\\string^\string^26=11\\relax
\\newcommand\\fvfile{" $1 "\\xspace}\\relax
\\expandafter
\\endgroup
\\expandafter\\newcommand
\\expandafter\\fvfile
\\expandafter{\\fvfile}\\relax
\\endinput"
}'
> tmpfile.tex%
}%
\endgroup
\input{tmppath.tex}
\input{tmpfile.tex}
\newcommand*{\pathfile}[1][pdf]{%
\frenchspacing\fvpath/\fvfile{}.#1%
}
%
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========================================================================
% 2006/04/05 v0.1.0.0 initial release
% 2007/04/19 v0.2.0.0 frenchspacing in \newcommand{\pathfile}{} added
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