[tex-live] Bug in pdflatex: doesn't compile file with 2 adjacent spaces in the name

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sat Apr 30 22:34:17 CEST 2016



Martin Schröder wrote:

> Please either file a bug with MikTeX or reproduce with a binary from TeXLive.

D:\>copy con "a  a.tex"
\end
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

D:\>type "a  a.tex"
\end

D:\>pdftex "a  a.tex"
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX)
(preloaded format=pdftex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
! I can't find file `"a a.tex"'.
<*> "a  a.tex"

(Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit)
Please type another input file name: ^Z

! Emergency stop.
<*> "a  a.tex"

!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on texput.log.

D:\>copy con "a a.tex"
\end
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

D:\>pdftex "a a.tex"
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX)
(preloaded format=pdftex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./a a.tex )
No pages of output.
Transcript written on "a a.log".


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