[tex-live] xii.tex not found by kpsewhich/pdftex

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sun Dec 30 11:51:25 CET 2018


jfbu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> xii.tex is found there:
>
> $ find /usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist -name 'xii.tex'
> /usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/doc/plain/xii/xii.tex
>
> but
>
> $ kpsewhich xii.tex
>
> returns nothing
>
> and
>
> $ pdftex xii.tex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=pdftex)
>   restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> ! I can't find file `xii.tex'.
> <*> xii.tex
>
>
> this is contrary to the documentation which says to issue "pdftex xii.tex"
As it's in the documentation tree, you would presumably have to make its 
location your current directory if you wish to avoid giving an explicit 
path to the file ...
Philip Taylor


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