[tex-live] dvips cannot find figures

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On 12/27/05, Lars Madsen <daleif at imf.au.dk> wrote:
>
>
> I've just installed TL 2005 and have been doing a few tests
>
> it seems that dvips cannot find files that are specified uaing specific
> path.
>
> Example
>
> \listfiles
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{graphicx}
> \begin{document}
> tekst
> \includegraphics{/home/daleif/Signet}
> \end{document}
>
> *File List*
>   article.cls    2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
>    size10.clo    2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>    keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
> graphics.sty    2001/07/07 v1.0n Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>      trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
> graphics.cfg    2001/08/31 v1.1 graphics configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
>     dvips.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
> /home/daleif/Signet.eps
>
> And then
>
> :~/tmp> dvips imf.dvi
> This is dvips(k) 5.95b Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software
> (www.radicaleye.com)
> ' TeX output 2005.12.27:1548' -> imf.ps
> <tex.pro><texps.pro><special.pro>. <cmr10.pfb>[1
> dvips: Could not find figure file /home/daleif/Signet.eps; continuing
> ]
>
>
> What is going on here? The file _is_ there. Can anyone reproduce this?
>

The dvips info file describes the "-R" flag:

`-R'
     Run securely.  This disables shell command execution in `\special'
     (via ``', *note Dynamic creation of graphics::) and config files
     (via the `E' option, *note Configuration file commands::), and
     opening of any absolute filenames.

Try "dvips -R0 ..."

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Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
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