\
listfiles
command. This
places a list of the files used and their version numbers in the log
file. If you extract that list and transmit it with your file, it can
be used as a check-list in case that problems arise.
Note that \
listfiles
only registers things that are input by the
“standard” LaTeX mechanisms (\
documentclass
, \
usepackage
,
\
include
, \
includegraphics
and so on).
The \
input
command, as modified by LaTeX and used, with
LaTeX syntax, as:
\input{mymacros}records file details for mymacros.tex, but if you use TeX primitive syntax for
\
input
, as:
\input mymacrosmymacros.tex won’t be recorded, and so won’t listed by
\
listfiles
— you’ve bypassed the mechanism that records its use.
The snapshot package helps the owner of a LaTeX document
obtain a list of the external dependencies of the document, in a form
that can be embedded at the top of the document. The intended use of
the package is the creation of archival copies of documents, but it
has application in document exchange situations too.
The bundledoc system uses the snapshot to produce an
archive (e.g., .tar.gz
or .zip
) of the files needed by your
document; it comes with configuration files for use with
teTeX and MiKTeX. It’s plainly useful when
you’re sending the first copy of a document.
This question on the Web: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=filesused