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[John Thoo]

> On Jul 12, 2016, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 11, 2016, at 7:33 PM, John Thoo <jthoo at yccd.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Howdy, Herb.  Thanks for your response.
>> 
>> In Yosemite, I had the path  PATH="/usr/texbin:"$PATH  in my .profile,
>> 
>> [517] bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
>> /usr/texbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/Users/jbthoo/claw:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/jbthoo:
>> 
>> for pdflatex to work.
>> 
>> Removing the path I had for Yosemite, if I do not explicitly enter the path  PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:"$PATH  in my .profile, pdflatex does not work in El Capitan.  (Note: "pltx" is an alias in my .profile: pltx='pdflatex -shell-escape' .)
>> 
>> [519] bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
>> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/Users/jbthoo/claw:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/jbthoo:
>> [520] bash-3.2$ pltx ca_main.tex 
>> bash: pdflatex: command not found
>> 
>> 
>> After entering the path in my .profile, pdflatex works.
>> 
>> [523] bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
>> /Library/TeX/texbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/Users/jbthoo/claw:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/jbthoo:
>> [524] bash-3.2$ pltx ca_main.tex 
>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>> \write18 enabled.
>> entering extended mode
>> (./ca_main.tex
>> LaTeX2e <2016/03/31>
>> 
>> [... blah, blah, blah...]
>> 
>> Output written on ca_main.pdf (112 pages, 712579 bytes).
>> Transcript written on ca_main.log.
>> 
>> 
>> I know just enough Unix to be dangerous to myself, and even less now, and I could have done something long ago that interferes with the normal operation of the system in assigning the PATH.  I don't know.
>> 
>> ---John.
>> (I receive the digest.)
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> There must be something interfering with the normal operation of the OS in setting PATH. Please run the following commands
> 
> cat /etc/paths.d/TeX
> 
> cat /etc/profile
> 
> ls -alF ~/.MacOSX
> 
> in Terminal and let me know the output.

Hi, Herb.

[538] bash-3.2$ cat /etc/paths.d/TeX
/Library/TeX/texbin


[539] bash-3.2$ cat /etc/profile | less
# System-wide .profile for sh(1)

PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
export PATH

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
        [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi
## TeX added /usr/texbin start at Fri Mar 12 10:17:13 PST 2010
## Do not remove the previous line
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
then
  PATH="$PATH:/usr/texbin"
  export PATH
fi
## Do not remove the next line
## TeX added /usr/texbin end at Fri Mar 12 10:17:13 PST 2010
## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin start at Sat Jul  9 09:14:22 PDT 2016
## Do not remove the previous line
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
then
  PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
  export PATH

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
        [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi
## TeX added /usr/texbin start at Fri Mar 12 10:17:13 PST 2010
## Do not remove the previous line
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
then
  PATH="$PATH:/usr/texbin"
  export PATH
fi
## Do not remove the next line
## TeX added /usr/texbin end at Fri Mar 12 10:17:13 PST 2010
## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin start at Sat Jul  9 09:14:22 PDT 2016
## Do not remove the previous line
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
then
  PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
  export PATH
fi
## Do not remove the next line
## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin end at Sat Jul  9 09:14:22 PDT 2016


[541] bash-3.2$ ls -alF ~/.MacOSX
ls: /Users/jbthoo/.MacOSX: No such file or directory
[542] bash-3.2$


I hope that helps.

---John.
(I receive the digest.)

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