LaTeX compilers can't find files in texmf-local

[Philip Taylor]

Ulrike Fischer wrote:

> I can't reproduce this. I just put a sty as test in
> C:\texlive\texmf-local\tex\latex\local and after mktexlsr it is
> found without problems. How is the name of your sty? What is the
> exact error message you get in your document?

Also works for me :

>  Directory of C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex\local
>
> 07/04/2020  18:35    <DIR>          .
> 07/04/2020  18:35    <DIR>          ..
>                0 File(s)              0 bytes
>                2 Dir(s)  87,992,389,632 bytes free
>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex\local>xetex foo
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded
>  format=xetex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> ! I can't find file `foo'.
> <*> foo
>
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit)
> Please type another input file name: ^Z
>
> ! Emergency stop.
> <*> foo
>
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on texput.log.
>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex\local>copy con foo.tex
> ^Z
>         1 file(s) copied.
>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex\local>xetex foo
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded
>  format=xetex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./foo.tex)
> *\end
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on foo.log.
>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex\local>cd ..
>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex>xetex foo
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded
>  format=xetex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> ! I can't find file `foo'.
> <*> foo
>
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit)
> Please type another input file name: ^Z
>
> ! Emergency stop.
> <*> foo
>
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on texput.log.

REM: Launched TLSHELL as an administrator, invoked action "Regenerate filename database"

>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex>xetex foo
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded
>  format=xetex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (c:/TeX/Live/TeX-MF/Local/tex/latex/local/foo.tex)
> *\end
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on foo.log.
>
> C:\TeX\Live\TeX-MF\Local\tex\latex>

/Philip Taylor/
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