* Create a directory using tex
@ 2006-08-29 5:30 Aditya Mahajan
2006-08-29 7:13 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-29 5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory.
If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the
directory is not there, tex complains
! I can't write on file ....
Please type another output file name:
Is there a way I can ask tex to create a directory if one does not
exist?
Aditya
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* Re: Create a directory using tex
2006-08-29 5:30 Create a directory using tex Aditya Mahajan
@ 2006-08-29 7:13 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-08-30 1:09 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2006-08-29 7:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory.
> If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the
> directory is not there, tex complains
>
> ! I can't write on file ....
>
> Please type another output file name:
>
> Is there a way I can ask tex to create a directory if one does not
> exist?
Not with TeX, but you can use \write18 or \installprogram to run a
system command.
Taco
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* Re: Create a directory using tex
2006-08-29 7:13 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2006-08-30 1:09 ` Aditya Mahajan
2006-08-30 6:45 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-08-30 7:30 ` Hans Hagen
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-30 1:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory.
>> If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the
>> directory is not there, tex complains
>>
>> ! I can't write on file ....
>>
>> Please type another output file name:
>>
>> Is there a way I can ask tex to create a directory if one does not
>> exist?
>
> Not with TeX, but you can use \write18 or \installprogram to run a
> system command.
Can I ask TeX to check if a directory exists or is writable. I want it
to give an informative message if the directory does not exist.
Or is there a way to check if a file is writable, so that I can do
\doiffilewritable{dir/tempfile}{\donothing}{\message{Warning}{Please
create directory 'dir' \endinput}
Aditya
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* Re: Create a directory using tex
2006-08-30 1:09 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2006-08-30 6:45 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-08-30 7:39 ` Hans Hagen
2006-08-30 7:30 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2006-08-30 6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Can I ask TeX to check if a directory exists or is writable.
I do not think so.
And on second thought: not even \write18 will work always, because
whether or not TeX can write a file (in a subdir or even in the
local directory) depends in part on settings in texmf.cnf that
are not visible outside TeX.
Cheers, Taco
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* Re: Create a directory using tex
2006-08-30 6:45 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2006-08-30 7:39 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2006-08-30 7:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>
>> Can I ask TeX to check if a directory exists or is writable.
>>
>
> I do not think so.
>
> And on second thought: not even \write18 will work always, because
> whether or not TeX can write a file (in a subdir or even in the
> local directory) depends in part on settings in texmf.cnf that
> are not visible outside TeX.
>
if this is part of a project thing, you can use ctx files to add pre/post stuff like checking files, converting files, in this case making directories, etc
Hans
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* Re: Create a directory using tex
2006-08-30 1:09 ` Aditya Mahajan
2006-08-30 6:45 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2006-08-30 7:30 ` Hans Hagen
2006-08-30 13:23 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2006-08-30 7:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>
>
>> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory.
>>> If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the
>>> directory is not there, tex complains
>>>
>>> ! I can't write on file ....
>>>
>>> Please type another output file name:
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can ask tex to create a directory if one does not
>>> exist?
>>>
>> Not with TeX, but you can use \write18 or \installprogram to run a
>> system command.
>>
>
> Can I ask TeX to check if a directory exists or is writable. I want it
> to give an informative message if the directory does not exist.
>
> Or is there a way to check if a file is writable, so that I can do
>
> \doiffilewritable{dir/tempfile}{\donothing}{\message{Warning}{Please
> create directory 'dir' \endinput}
>
>
for a while there has been a way to ask for file characteristics
(x-dir-01 can be used to generate a clickable listing and x-dir-05 for
indentifying files)
permissions were not part of that but easy to add, i'm generating you a
beta that has permissions added
\usemodule[x][dir-05]
\getfilestate{context.tex}
\doifinstringelse{w}{\getvariable{filestate}{permissions}}
{writable}
{not writable}
\end
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* Re: Create a directory using tex
2006-08-30 7:30 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-08-30 13:23 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-08-30 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory.
>>>> If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the
>>>> directory is not there, tex complains
>>>>
>>>> ! I can't write on file ....
>>>>
>>>> Please type another output file name:
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way I can ask tex to create a directory if one does not
>>>> exist?
>>>>
>>> Not with TeX, but you can use \write18 or \installprogram to run a
>>> system command.
>>>
>>
>> Can I ask TeX to check if a directory exists or is writable. I want it
>> to give an informative message if the directory does not exist.
>>
>> Or is there a way to check if a file is writable, so that I can do
>>
>> \doiffilewritable{dir/tempfile}{\donothing}{\message{Warning}{Please
>> create directory 'dir' \endinput}
>>
>>
> for a while there has been a way to ask for file characteristics
> (x-dir-01 can be used to generate a clickable listing and x-dir-05 for
> indentifying files)
>
> permissions were not part of that but easy to add, i'm generating you a
> beta that has permissions added
Thank you. I will play around with this and ctx preprocessing.
Aditya
> \usemodule[x][dir-05]
>
> \getfilestate{context.tex}
>
> \doifinstringelse{w}{\getvariable{filestate}{permissions}}
> {writable}
> {not writable}
>
>
> \end
>
>
>
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