<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 at 05:54, Siep Kroonenberg <<a href="mailto:siepo@bitmuis.nl">siepo@bitmuis.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 09:06:27PM -0300, George N. White III wrote:<br>
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 17:24, Andreas Hirsch <<br>
> <a href="mailto:cursus.publicus@sacrumromanumimperium.org" target="_blank">cursus.publicus@sacrumromanumimperium.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I also tried mapping the network share:<br>
> <br>
> PS D:\TeX\Testing\sample2e><br>
> '\\localhost\D$\TeX\texlive\2021\bin\win32\pdflatex.exe' sample2e<br>
> warning: kpathsea: //localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/bin/win32: Unrecognized<br>
> variable construct `$/'.<br>
> [... many more kpathsea warnings ]<br>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021/W32TeX)<br>
> (preloaded format=pdflatex)<br>
>  restricted \write18 enabled.<br>
> [... many more kpathsea warnings ]<br>
> entering extended mode<br>
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/sample2e.tex<br>
> LaTeX2e <2021-06-01><br>
> L3 programming layer <2021-06-01><br>
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls<br>
> Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class<br>
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))<br>
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdfte<br>
> x.def)<br>
> No file sample2e.aux.<br>
> [... warnings]<br>
> [2] [3] (./sample2e.aux) )<br>
> [... warnings]<br>
> {//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/enc<br>
> /dvips/cm-super/cm-super-ts1.enc}[...<br>
> warnings]<//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fo<br>
> nts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-<br>
> dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmex10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021<br>
> /texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texli<br>
> ve/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi7.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX<br>
> /texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb><//localhost/<br>
> D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr12.pfb><//loca<br>
> lhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr17.pfb><<br>
> //localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr6.<br>
> pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/<br>
> cmr7.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfont<br>
> s/cm/cmr8.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/am<br>
> sfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/pu<br>
> blic/amsfonts/cm/cmsy7.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/ty<br>
> pe1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmti10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/f<br>
> onts/type1/public/cm-super/sfrm1000.pfb><br>
> Output written on sample2e.pdf (3 pages, 153682 bytes).<br>
> Transcript written on sample2e.log.<br>
<br>
So do I understand that if you access a local drive D: with share<br>
syntax '\\localhost\D$' that then pdflatex does not crash?<br clear="all"><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Correct -- no crash, but kpathsea doesn't handle the 'D$'.   Also, lualatex works</div><div>using a UNC path.   <br></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>George N. White III<br><br></div></div></div></div>