[OS X TeX] LaTeXmk

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Wed Nov 28 11:05:28 EST 2007


On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 28.11.2007 um 15:48 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
>
>> Another brute force approach...
>
>
> "Brute force!" That's as clever as TeX: it uses just a few real  
> files and the rest consists of less expensive symbolic links (the  
> mode of operation is derived from that "secondary" name, so that  
> "DVI" latex and pdflatex can be the same programme). And the  
> hardlink costs nothing (in a UNIX file system): just some bits in  
> the directory's node.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>  Pete


Howdy,

I meant to imply that my suggestion was brute force, not yours.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)





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