[OS X TeX] path name
Peter Dyballa
Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE
Wed Feb 22 14:33:56 EST 2006
Am 22.02.2006 um 19:22 schrieb Friedrich Vosberg:
>> Applying this on your examples, assuming your working directory is
>> Pröctür & Gämbeł, it might work with:
>>
>> \immediate\write18{pwd | sed -e 's/&/\\&/g' | iconv -f UTF-8-MAC -
>> t MacRoman ...
>
> I have to save a file on a file server
>
> volumes/SERVER$/...
>
> Caused by the Dollar sign the path name can not be written in the
> document. I think that the $ sign invokes the math mode and that
> occures a failure. How can I encapsulate the $ as like as the &, so
> that *both* signs can be contained in a path?
The same should work again! Two possible ways:
pwd | sed -e 's/&/\\&/g' -e 's/\$/\\$/g' | ...
or
pwd | sed -e 's/\([$&]\)/\\\1/g' | ...
sed substitutes each member of the set [$&] with \ (escaped with
another \) and itself (\1).
--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen
Pete
Eat the rich -- the poor are tough and stringy.
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