os:command queston

[kuna.prime]

Hi,
I would assume you want to use os:cmd/1 function as os:command does not exist, and also shell command needs to be in quotes/string: os:cmd("pdflatex --shell-escape tex/oblivious.tex").

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Friday, April 2, 2021 7:05 PM, Lloyd R. prentice <lloyd@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This error just bit me:
>
> Eshell V10.4 (abort with ^G)
> 1> os:command(pdflatex --shell-escape tex/oblivious.tex).
> * 1: syntax error before: tex
>
> I did a Google search, but couldn't find out how to escape the period before tex.
>
> So how might I do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> LRP
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