Help with using shell escape

[Tariq]

Hi everyone,

I am using the following to try the shell escape. I am running
TeXLive2007 under Ubuntu and use Emacs as editor. I got this file from
somewhere (do not remember where). When I compile with pdflatex, I get
the following error:

Package epstopdf Warning: Shell escape feature is not enabled.

No file Shell_EscapeTest.aux.
\write18 DISABLED

! LaTeX Error: File `write18.out' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: out)

Enter file name:

I am confused, I thought that the shell escape will get enabled during
the compilation. Could someone please help me sort out where the
problem might be? I would appreciate. Regards,

Tariq

%%%%% Shell escape test file %%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\documentclass{article}

\begingroup
\expandafter\ifx\csname pdfshellescape\endcsname\relax
\else
\ifnum\pdfshellescape>0 %
\else
\PackageWarningNoLine{epstopdf}{%
Shell escape feature is not enabled%
}%

\fi
\fi
\endgroup

\begin{document}
Look for the output of shell escape in the terminal output.

\immediate\write18{ls -l | wc > file_list.out}
\IfFileExists{file_list.out}{\message{\string\write18 ENABLED}}
{\message{\string\write18 DISABLED}}
%\input{file_list.out}

\immediate\write18{grep -i meanings test.tex | wc > write18.out}
\input{write18.out}
\end{document}

%%%% End of file %%%%%%

[Will Robertson]

On 2009-02-26 08:03:49 +1030, Tariq <tariq....@gmail.com> said:

> I am confused, I thought that the shell escape will get enabled during
> the compilation. Could someone please help me sort out where the
> problem might be?

You need to enable it manually however you're compiling your source

pdflatex -shell-escape

You might need to specify it manually in AucTeX, not really sure.
Someone else on the internet says they use:

%%% Local variables:
%%% mode: LaTeX
%%% LaTeX-command: "latex -shell-escape"
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End:

A pity there isn't a menu option or anything.

Will

[Tariq]

On Feb 25, 9:55 pm, Will Robertson <wsp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> You need to enable it manually however you're compiling your source
>
>     pdflatex -shell-escape
>
> You might need to specify it manually in AucTeX, not really sure.
> Someone else on the internet says they use:
>
> %%% Local variables:
> %%% mode: LaTeX
> %%% LaTeX-command: "latex -shell-escape"
> %%% TeX-master: t
> %%% End:
>
> A pity there isn't a menu option or anything.

Will

Thank you very much for timely help. Your suggestion worked great. I
had been trying

pdflatex --enable-write18

but that did not work.

Perhaps someone else can suggest a possible solution via AucTeX.
Regards,

Tariq

[T3X]

On Feb 26, 3:03 am, Tariq <tariq.per...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much for timely help. Your suggestion worked great. I
> had been trying
>
> pdflatex --enable-write18
>
> but that did not work.

Because this is MiKTeX specific option. Use --shell-escape for TeX
Live.

Cheers,

Tomek