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From: terryb.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (terry bohning)
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Subject: Re: How to get out if wrong filename?
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Date: 20 Mar 91 21:01:03 GMT
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> In article <MOMMA.91Mar20111907@is.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> momma@is.info
> >
> >
> >In article <66410@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei 
> >
> >>   Since I am posting, I have a small question for long time: When I supply
> >>   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
> >>   and one has to use Control-Z. On msdos with emTeX I don't know how to do
> >>   I have to reboot the PC :-( or supply any old thing [even though it is n
> >>   a tex file] in order to get out of there.] Any one has the same experien
> >>   And come up with a smarter solution?
> 
On my version of PCTeX, typing "nul" as the "correct" filename will 
allow me to exit.