[XeTeX] Strange problem with 0.996 and 0.9995 xetex and File Names.

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 4, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 04.09.2009 um 17:28 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
>
>> I get
>>
>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>> entering extended mode
>> ! I can't find file `"Summary II.tex/usr/local/texlive/2009/bin"'.
>> <*> "Summary II.tex"/usr/local/texlive/2009/bin
>>
>> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
>> Please type another input file name:
>
> I get (in tcsh):
>
> 	pete 321 /\ xelatex This\ File
> 	This is XeTeXk, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.6 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> 	 %&-line parsing enabled.
> 	entering extended mode
> 	(./This File.tex
> 	LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
> 	...
> 	(/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/ 
> hdvipdfm.def) (./This File.aux) (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/ 
> tex/latex/hyperref/nameref.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/ 
> tex/latex/oberdiek/refcount.sty)) (./This File.out)
> 	(./This File.out) [1] (./This File.aux) )
> 	(see the transcript file for additional information)
> 	Output written on This File.pdf (1 page).
> 	Transcript written on This File.log.
>
>
> And here with TL '09:
>
> 	pete 229 /\ xelatex This\ File
> 	This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
> 	 restricted \write18 enabled.
> 	entering extended mode
> 	(./This File.tex
> 	LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
> 	...
> 	(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/ 
> hdvipdfm.def) (./This File.aux) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/ 
> tex/latex/hyperref/nameref.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/ 
> tex/latex/oberdiek/refcount.sty)) (./This File.out) (./This  
> File.out) [1] (./This File.aux) )
> 	(see the transcript file for additional information)
> 	Output written on This File.pdf (1 page).
> 	Transcript written on This File.log.
> 	pete 230 /\ ls -l `which xelatex`
> 	lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  5  2 Sep 11:21 /usr/local/texlive/2009/ 
> bin/universal-darwin/xelatex -> xetex
> 	pete 231 /\ ls -l `which xetex`
> 	-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  16999964 28 Aug 02:08 /usr/local/ 
> texlive/2009/bin/universal-darwin/xetex
>
> An intel bug? In last millennium intel processors had more bugs than  
> I hair on my head. I mean, then, not in 2009. And I am on Tiger.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>  Pete
>
> A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
> 				– Erdős Pál
>

Howdy,

Sigh... try adding the .tex:

xelatex This\ File.tex

or

xelatex "This File.tex"

rather than

xelatex This\ File

which seems to work fine here too.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)