I need to generate a pdf from a tex file, as a temporary file. However I'm facing an error. I believe it's due to the fact that the function
tools::texi2dvi is just a call for the system command with the same name. Since the Rtmp directory just allow R to create files, I can't create the pdf file there.
There's what I'm trying to the, and the error I get:
> tf <- tempfile() > brew("template.brew", tf) > tools::texi2dvi(tf) Error in tools::texi2dvi(tf) : Running 'texi2dvi' on '/tmp/Rtmp9n4JFU/filea5811e6a32a' failed. Messages: /usr/bin/texi2dvi: etex exited with bad status, quitting.
I believe one workaround would be create a new temporary file using
tempfile() and ask
tools::texi2dvi to write the output on it. However I don't know if the system is allowed to edit a file. And also, I couldn't find a way to set
tools::texi2dvi output file.
Does anyone know a workaround?