System queries with Lua: l3sys-query
Joseph Wright
joseph at texdev.net
Wed Mar 6 07:17:45 CET 2024
On 06/03/2024 06:12, Joseph Wright wrote:
> On 06/03/2024 00:01, David Carlisle wrote:
>> --all enables .files in the current directory being read.
>>
>> If the current directory has foo.tex and .foo then .foo is not listed
>> unless --all is used
>>
>>
>> $ ./l3sys-query.lua ls '*foo*'
>> ./foo.tex
>>
>> $ ./l3sys-query.lua ls --all '*foo*'
>> ./.foo
>> ./foo.tex
>>
>> If openin_any = p is in force the calling tex system wouldn't be able to
>> read .foo but (currently at least) it shows in the directory listing.
>> I think that's compatible with openin_any=p (which actually is in force
>> above) otherwise we would (I think) have to add a call to
>> kpsewhich -var-value 'openin_any'
>> to disable --all in that case.
>
> Er ..
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
>
> \input{}
>
> \end{document}
>
> gives
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.26 (TeX Live 2024)
> (preloaded format=pdflatex)
> restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./test.tex
> LaTeX2e <2023-11-01> patch level 1
> L3 programming layer <2024-02-20>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
> Document Class: article 2023/05/17 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
> (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
> (./test.aux) (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/.tex
> File ignored) (./test.aux) )
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on test.log.
>
> as expected, so it does read ".tex" (which is 'not hidden, just oddly
> named').
>
> Joseph
Oh, sorry, being dense: I see what you are getting at.
Joseph
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