[tex-live] paranoid file handling

[Hans Hagen]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Hi (probably Olaf),
> 
> When openin_any = p we get:
> 
> pdfetex: Not writing to /somepath/www.pragma-pod.com/someplace/somefile 
> (openin_any = p).
> 
> The message is kind of wrong, since it should be "Not reading from".
> 
> I wonder why this file is not read since it's not something
> 
> .
> ./
> ../
> whatever/../../../
> 
> or: shouldn't period prevention be limited to the occurence of . and .. 
> path segments only? Nowadays paths with periods in it are rather common.

actually,

./whatever.tex
somepath/./whatever.tex

are valid as well (contrary to .whatever.tex)

What are the precise rules applied now?

Hans

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