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

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:49 AM, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:

> Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>
>> Am 05.09.2009 um 13:06 schrieb Apostolos Syropoulos:
>>
>>> $ xelatex "test II"
>>> Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
>>> $ xelatex test\ II.tex
>>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
>>> entering extended mode
>>> (./test II.tex
>>> LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
>>
>>
>> This is *really* fascinating! I changed the shell I was working in  
>> from tcsh to bash (2.05b.0(1)-release (powerpc-apple-darwin8.0)) �  
>> and for me xelatex crashes whenever I pass "file name.tex" (with  
>> extension) to the programme... It runs OK when I don't give the  
>> extension.
>>
>> I wouldn't trust born again folks and things!
>
>
> Well, here we can produce output with no errors with bash (GNU bash,  
> version 2.05b.0(1)-release (powerpc-apple-darwin8.0)) on Mac OS  
> 10.4.11.
>
> I tried TeXShop and terminal, bash, ksh, tcsh and everything ran  
> fine, whether:
> xelatex test2.tex
> xelatex test2
>
> xelatex test\ 2.tex
> xelatex test\ 2
>
> xelatex testII.tex
> xelatex testII
>
> xelatex test\ II.tex
> xelatex test\ II
>
> Curiously, though, when I ran zsh, it processed only the files named  
> with the roman numeral, but said it couldn't find the file: test\ 2  
> --- with or without the .tex extension. But I'm no expert in shells.
>
>

Howdy,

With the file name `test II.tex' I have no problem; it's with the file  
name `Summary II.tex' I have a problem. Please don't ask why---if I  
knew I'd understand it. Hmmm... Just tried `Summary III.tex' and got  
the internal * asking for commands. This just gets stranger and  
stranger.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)