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From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
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Subject: Re: Misc: Extentions, LaTeX and Eplain, How to get out if wrong filename?
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Date: 20 Mar 91 13:10:48 GMT
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>Since I am posting, I have a small question for long time: When I supply a 
>wrong file name, TeX keeps say ``give me a correct filename:'' If I know
>the filename that is fine, but sometimes I have to check directory and
>I find it difficult to get out of there. [On unix, Control-C won't do

I have a file called null.tex in my TeX inputs directory.  When this
situation happens to me, I type "null" and this file is read.



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