[texhax] Passing Underscore

[Philip TAYLOR]

Mine says the same, so your conjecture in
re operating systems seems correct.  For
myself, I have never created an extensionless
file (how would I know what type it was, if
it had no extension ?), so the problem is not
a real one, but if you are in need of such
things (how do /you/ know what type they are ?),
then I can see the problem ...  Is it the case
that for you, "Makefile.<nothing>" and "Makefile"
are not one and the same ?

** Phil.
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**mf.tex
(./mf.tex
\make=\write0
\openout0 = `Makefile.tex'.

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\openout1 = `Mendfile.'.

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Reinhard Kotucha wrote:

>>>>>>"Philip" == Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> 
>   > Oh, I see : in that case, you need the following :
>   >> >> \newwrite\make >> \openout\make=Makefile.
> 
>   > Note the trailing period !
> 
> This seems to be system dependent.  Under UNIX I get "Makefile." .
> 
> From the log file:
> 
> \openout3 = `Makefile.'.
> 
> What does _your_ log file say?
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
>