From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/22149 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:08 +0200 Message-ID: <7CD7CA0D-0A4D-4835-9F06-DA6E8E1F7109@uni-bonn.de> References: <34022AD3-7CE2-4362-A930-B650ADA319DB@Princeton.EDU> <7C86E6EB-9526-4B22-8009-D21B8C639130@uni-bonn.de> <8AAE0485-7606-4EFF-9F9D-1C5ED2B8AEC5@princeton.edu> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1125087203 9081 80.91.229.2 (26 Aug 2005 20:13:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Aug 26 22:13:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8kY3-0004ax-I2 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:11:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF57127E8; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:11:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00879-03; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:11:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F1BB12792; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DDFC12792 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00879-02-2 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailout08.sul.t-online.com (mailout08.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.20]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2922F1277B for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fwd19.aul.t-online.de by mailout08.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1E8kWI-0008Ux-01; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:46 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (SmazS2ZAwejGAujkqLJVtMzAkHf+dN8KAY5fVlGL7DWr4Kcl7C-bUd@[84.172.100.136]) by fwd19.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1E8kW4-0hSpI80; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:09:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8AAE0485-7606-4EFF-9F9D-1C5ED2B8AEC5@princeton.edu> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-ID: SmazS2ZAwejGAujkqLJVtMzAkHf+dN8KAY5fVlGL7DWr4Kcl7C-bUd@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 1031d3fc-3864-450d-9607-d4f01f74cdad X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:22149 Archived-At: This sounds like the problem is not with your symlink, but with your =20 TeX installation. Are you sure it has been copied to your backup =20 disk? How did you clone the disk? What does the command ls -al /usr/local/teTeX return? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > Thomas=97 > > At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to =20 > solve it (them). > > But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type > >> cd /Library >> sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX >> > > the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by =20 > double clicking the alias icon, I get > The alias =93teTeX=94 could not be opened because the original = item =20 > could not be found. > > Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my =20 > setup back home) or has it been destroyed? > > And you are right, I still cannot get past the > tcsh: texexec: Command not found > error when I try to process a file. > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some =20 > writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt =20 > in the various projects. > > Best, Alan > > On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > >> Alan, >> >> re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type >> >> cd /Library >> >> sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX >> >> But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your =20 >> problem, right? >> >> Best >> >> Thomas >> >> On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: >> >> >> >>> I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in =20 >>> MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now =20 >>> get the error message: >>> tcsh: texexec: Command not found. >>> >>> In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX =20= >>> in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is =93How do I =20= >>> re-establish the link?=94, given that the original seems to be =20 >>> invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? >>> >>> I apologize for the newbie question=97my dream is to have some time =20= >>> to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. =92Til now I have =20= >>> relied on Gerben=92s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. =20= >>> Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the =20 >>> fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. >>> >>> Cheers, Alan_______________________________________________ >>> ntg-context mailing list >>> ntg-context@ntg.nl >>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ntg-context mailing list >> ntg-context@ntg.nl >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >