[tex4ht] Output directory

[Allen Barnett]

On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 09:27 +0100, Christian Pleul wrote:
> Am 13.12.2009 um 03:31 schrieb Radhakrishnan CV:
> 
> > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Christian Pleul
> > <chrisptex at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Am 12.12.2009 um 15:53 schrieb Radhakrishnan CV:
> > > 
> > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Christian Pleul
> > > > <chrisptex at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I found that subject already on the list, but always with no
> > > > > answer
> > > > > for me.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I tried the following:
> > > > > 
> > > > > htlatex preamble.tex "myconfig" ""
> > > > > "-d/Users/chrisp/Desktop/temp/test/tex4ht/html"
> > > > > 
> > > > > But all the output files are created within the dir of the
> > > > > *.tex
> > > > > files. Could somebody please point me to the right
> > > > > direction...?
> > > > 
> > > > What you are doing is correct. The last option with -d switch
> > > > does the
> > > > job correctly if the destination directory exists.  However, the
> > > > files
> > > > are created in the current directory and copied to the
> > > > destination
> > > > which you have provided with -d switch.
> > > 
> > > The directory exists but there is no copy of the files in the dir
> > > following the -d switch.
> > > 
> > > The last lines of my terminal output say the following (may this
> > > provides some useful information):
> > > ----------------
> > > System call: mv
> > > preamble4x.png /Users/chrisp/Desktop/temp/test/tex4ht/html.
> > > System return: 0
> > > Entering preamble.css
> > > Entering preamble.tmp
> > > System call: cp
> > > preamble.html /Users/chrisp/Desktop/temp/test/tex4ht/html.
> > > System return: 0
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > Indeed, the log provides useful information.  You will notice that
> > the
> > files are copied to the destination you have provided.  And the exit
> > status is '0' which means there are no errors in the operation.  I
> > am
> > at a loss to believe that something has gone wrong, amazingly
> > everything seems to be perfect and as expected!
> > 
> 
> 
> I dont know too, whats going on. The strange thing is, that after
> compilation with tex4ht (and the -d switch) a _file_
> 
> 
> html.
> 
> 
> is created within the *.tex-directory, which shows the one test image
> I have in my tex document. Unfortunately, nothing is in the "html"
> folder.
> 
> > Have you aliased 'mv' and 'cp' commands to something else in your
> > .bashrc?  Are you using a non-Unix or non-Linux operating system?
> > 
> 
> 
> Nothing is aliased and I am using a Mac OS X 10.6.2.

I think the trick is to add a "/" to the end of the -d argument, e.g.:

-d/Users/chrisp/Desktop/temp/test/tex4ht/html/

Allen