Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX and pdfLaTeX - Mirror

setenv TEXINPUTS :/dir1:/dir2
causes /dir1 and /dir2 to be searched after the default directories, while
setenv TEXINPUTS /dir1::/dir2
causes /dir1 to be searched before the default directories and /dir2 to be searched
after the default directories.
Putting // after a directory causes all of its subdirectories to be searched. For
example,
setenv TEXINPUTS /dir1//:/dir2:
causes all the subdirectories (and sub-subdirectories) of /dir1 to be searched. Be
careful in using // as it may slow down the searching if the directory contains many
files.
These examples also work for sh shells, although the syntax should be changed to
TEXINPUTS="/dir1:/dir2:"; export TEXINPUTS
When L A TEX finds files on the TEX path, it does not include the entire filename in
the dvi file. As a result, old versions of dvips or xdvi which do not search the TEX
path cannot find the file (see Section 14.4 on Page 44).
13.2 Temporarily Changing the TEX Search Path
This section describes how a Unix shell script can temporarily change the TEX Search
Path in order to find project-specific graphics files. Users can then construct a separate
shell script for each of their projects, with each script specifying the directories
that are unique to those projects.
For example, suppose a user is writing a journal paper and wants to create a
unix shell script latex paper that replaces the latex command. Create a file named
latex paper on the Unix search path containing
#!/bin/sh
TEXINPUTS= ~/PAPER/SUB1/:~/PAPER/SUB2/:$TEXINPUTS latex $@
Make the file executable with
chmod u+x latex_paper
Once this is done, typing
latex_paper file.tex
adds ~/PAPER/SUB1/:~/PAPER/SUB2/ to the beginning of TEXINPUTS before latex
file.tex is run, allowing L A TEX to find any graphics stored in the ~/PAPER/SUB1/
or ~/PAPER/SUB2/ subdirectories.
A similar script called dvips paper would also need to be written in order for
dvips to find the graphics during dvi-to-ps conversion.
13.3 Graphics Search Path
By default, L A TEX looks for graphics files in any directory on the TEX search path.
In addition to these directories, L A TEX also looks in any directories specified in the
\graphicspath command. For example,
\graphicspath{{dir1/}{dir2/}}
tells L A TEX to also look for graphics files in dir1/ and dir2/. For Macintosh, this
becomes
\graphicspath{{dir1:}{dir2:}}
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