[OS X TeX] spaces in names

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Massimiliano Gubinelli <mgubi at mac.com> (MG) wrote:

>MG> Hi all,
>MG>   I was trying to compile a tex file which has spaces in its name,  but
>MG>   pdflatex does not like it in any sauce I proposed to him...

>MG> examples:
>MG> ------------------------------
>MG> [mgubi:~/Desktop/TXS spaces bug] mgubi% pdflatex "test 1.tex"
>MG> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>MG> entering extended mode
>MG> ! I can't find file `"test 1.tex"'.
>MG> <*> "test 1.tex"

>MG> Please type another input file name:


>MG> ------------------------------
>MG> [mgubi:~/Desktop/TXS spaces bug] mgubi% pdflatex test\ 1.tex
>MG> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>MG> entering extended mode
>MG> ! I can't find file `"test 1.tex"'.
>MG> <*> "test 1.tex"

>MG> Please type another input file name:

>MG> ------------------------------

>MG> could someone give me hints on what it wrong with me?

Either you don't have that file, or you need a newer TeX:

TEMP> pdflatex "test 1.tex"
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
entering extended mode
(./test 1.tex
[...]
Output written on "test 1.pdf" (1 page, 20240 bytes).
Transcript written on "test 1.log".
TEMP> 
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