redirecting temp files (MkII)

redirecting temp files (MkII)

[Jelle Huisman]

Hi all,

I use the XeTeX/ConTeXt MkII combi as part of another application. This 
(Windows) application is installed in the C:\Program Files tree which 
apparently is marked 'read only' in Vista/Windows 7. Would it be 
possible to redirect the temp files (*.top, *tui, *.log, *.mp) to a 
different folder outside C:\Program Files\ ? Texexec.rb comes with an 
option --tempdir= but that doesn't work.

Thanks,

Jelle
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Re: redirecting temp files (MkII)

[Hans Hagen]

Jelle Huisman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I use the XeTeX/ConTeXt MkII combi as part of another application. This 
> (Windows) application is installed in the C:\Program Files tree which 
> apparently is marked 'read only' in Vista/Windows 7. Would it be 
> possible to redirect the temp files (*.top, *tui, *.log, *.mp) to a 
> different folder outside C:\Program Files\ ? Texexec.rb comes with an 
> option --tempdir= but that doesn't work.

why not just run in c:\temp or so

Hans


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Re: redirecting temp files (MkII)

[Jelle Huisman]

On 26/11/2009 15:25, Hans Hagen wrote:
> why not just run in c:\temp or so

Because I have the ConTeXt application in a subdirectory of the main 
application directory and I don't want to mess around on some else's 
computer. Running in c:\temp means that I would have to copy the ConTeXt 
tree to c:\temp, right? Does it stay there or is  c:\temp emptied every 
so often? (which would mean that I have to copy the whole ConTeXt tree 
to c:\temp again...)
Does this suggestion mean that just setting a tempdir doesn't work (with 
texexec)? No Hans-trick somewhere?

Jelle
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Re: redirecting temp files (MkII)

[Hans Hagen]

Jelle Huisman wrote:
> On 26/11/2009 15:25, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> why not just run in c:\temp or so
> 
> Because I have the ConTeXt application in a subdirectory of the main 
> application directory and I don't want to mess around on some else's 
> computer. Running in c:\temp means that I would have to copy the ConTeXt 
> tree to c:\temp, right? Does it stay there or is  c:\temp emptied every 
> so often? (which would mean that I have to copy the whole ConTeXt tree 
> to c:\temp again...)
> Does this suggestion mean that just setting a tempdir doesn't work (with 
> texexec)? No Hans-trick somewhere?

maybe

texmfstart --path=path-where-you-want-to-run texexec .... --path=



Hans


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Re: redirecting temp files (MkII)

[Jelle Huisman]

On 26/11/2009 15:47, Hans Hagen wrote:
> texmfstart --path=path-where-you-want-to-run texexec .... --path=

No joy, actually I run texexec.rb directly (but that's a different 
story). I'll see if I can run in C:\temp.
Thanks,

Jelle
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