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#340 [external] \tikzexternalize with prefix containing ".." fails

v1.0 (example)
closed-rejected
nobody
tikz (1) external (8)
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2017-11-11
2014-11-15
Kpym
No

For me (MikTeX 2.9/pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14) the following command fails

\tikzexternalize[prefix=../tikzcach]

with message 

! Package tikz Error: Sorry, the system call 'pdflatex -shell-escape -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode -jobname "../tikzcach/test1" "\def\tikzexternalrealjob{ch1}\input{ch1}"' did NOT result in a usable output file '../tikzcach/test1' (expected one of .pdf:.jpg:.jpeg:.png:).

Discussion

  • Christian Feuersänger

    Christian Feuersänger - 2015-08-03

    I fear this is not a software defect, but a security issue in MikTeX. MikTeX simply forbids write actions on higher directory levels from what I know. I suppose that there are suitable command line options which allow it.

     

  • Christian Feuersänger

    Christian Feuersänger - 2017-11-11
    • status: open --> closed-rejected