[OS X TeX] eps to pdf conversion

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at me.com> wrote:

> On Oct 8, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure I understand... \includegraphics{fig} could only find the graphic fig in the same directory as main.tex unless you've got other stuff in your preamble defining a graphics path.
> 
> Yes, I have the necessary \graphicspath declarations.
> 
>> so you would change openout_any to
>> 
>> openout_any = a
>> 
>> even though that could be dangerous.
> 
> What is the danger?
> 
> Themis


Howdy,

E.g., a rogue tex file could add files that could do damage to the OS.

Check for a change you made to texmf.cnf on the system where it seems to work? What TeX distribution is on the system where it seems to work?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)