Dear list,
I want to run latex from an R script:
system("latex mysource.tex")
or:
texi2dvi("mysource.tex", pdf = TRUE, clean = FALSE, quiet = TRUE,
texi2dvi = latex)
but latex does not seem to be on the search path:
/bin/sh: line 1: latex: command not found.
Although 'printenv PATH' tells me that the usr/texbin is looked for
executables:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/
sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/
X11R6/bin
Or am I wrong here?
In any case this is strange because if I call latex from the Terminal
shell it runs without problems. On the other hand texi2dvi from the
tools package also does not work (for the same reason?)
I use R version 2.6.2 on Intel Mac OS X 10.4.11
Why is there a difference between the way the call to latex behaves
directly in the shell or via the R system () command?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Christoph
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