Re: os:command queston
Bob Ippolito <[email protected]>
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The argument to os:cmd/1 should be a string. https://erlang.org/doc/man/os.html#cmd-1 os:cmd(“pdflatex --shell-escape tex/oblivious.tex”). On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 10:06 Lloyd R. prentice <[email protected]> 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 > > > >