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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-02-01 19:41:33 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-02-01 19:41:33 +0000
commitf3e45a772d199f398f301984a90991b4199cee23 (patch)
treeb1988cdc2f3e4d759a1db5b47b52f6fd85d61243 /Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man
parenta7d0d5b80f2b788f11ed7b8c286d46aa26f3a38d (diff)
mention that TEXMFOUTPUT is also used for input, with no automatic suffix extending done
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@16894 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man
index 46a03ffed2f..f291eb58f06 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PDFTEX 1 "8 January 2007" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH PDFTEX 1 "1 February 2010" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.\"=====================================================================
.if n .ds MF Metafont
.if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0
@@ -370,14 +370,17 @@ any output file cannot be opened there, it tries to open it in the
directory specified in the environment variable TEXMFOUTPUT.
There is no default value for that variable. For example, if you say
.I pdftex paper
-and the current directory is not writable, if TEXMFOUTPUT has
+and the current directory is not writable and TEXMFOUTPUT has
the value
.IR /tmp ,
pdf\*(TX attempts to create
.I /tmp/paper.log
(and
.IR /tmp/paper.pdf ,
-if any output is produced.)
+if any output is produced.) TEXMFOUTPUT is also checked for input
+files, as \*(TX often generates files that need to be subsequently
+read; for input, no suffixes (such as ``.tex'') are added by default,
+the input name is simply checked as given.
.TP
TEXINPUTS
Search path for
@@ -385,11 +388,11 @@ Search path for
and
.I \eopenin
files.
-This should probably start with ``.'', so
+This should start with ``.'', so
that user files are found before system files. An empty path
component will be replaced with the paths defined in the
.I texmf.cnf
-file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/usr/tex:" to prepend the
+file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/user/tex:" to prepend the
current directory and ``/home/user/tex'' to the standard search path.
.TP
TEXFORMATS
@@ -465,7 +468,7 @@ Information on how to get pdf\*(TX and related information
is available at the
.B http://www.pdftex.org
.IR "pdf\*(TX"
-website.
+web site.
.P
The following pdfe\*(TX related mailing list is available:
.BR pdftex@tug.org .
@@ -474,10 +477,9 @@ to subscribe send a message containing
.I subscribe
to
.BR pdftex-request@tug.org .
-More about the list can be found at the
-.B "http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex"
-.I mailing list
-website.
+A web interface and list archives can be found at the
+.B "http://lists.tug.org/pdftex"
+mailing list web site.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR epstopdf (1),
@@ -485,8 +487,8 @@ website.
.BR latex (1),
.BR mptopdf (1),
.BR tex (1),
-.BR texexec (1),
.BR mf (1).
+http://tug.org/applications/pdftex, http://tug.org/web2c.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH AUTHORS
The primary authors of pdf\*(TX are Han The Thanh, Petr Sojka,