[tex-live] pdflatex works - but tex does not ?!

[Robin Fairbairns]

Axel S. <bumbelejer at yahoo.de> wrote:

> I could need some help as I cannot solve the following problem:
> 
> With pdflatex I can create a pdf-file but when I execute tex every
> command is rejected.

because tex \ne latex.

latex won't reject every command in your file, though it will have
difficulty with pdf-specific stuff.

r