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From: Tong Wang <wangtong AT usc DOT edu>
Subject: Invoking Miktex in Cygwin
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Hi you guys,
         I have Miktex installed( in C:\Program Files), and am trying to invoke Latex.exe from Shell and got some trouble. 
 Heres what I did : 
1.  make a soft link by:     ln -s 'C:\Program Files\texmf\miktex\bin\latex.exe'  /usr/local/bin  
2.  run latex:                       latex myfile.tex
  
Then I got the following error message:
     This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) 
      kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
      /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 333: /texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory 
      fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
      I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

but I do have  C:\Program Files\localtexmf\miktex\fmt\latex.efmt 
And I am sure that the Miktex works fine for other editor like WinEdt. 

I really get stuck, and need help.    thanks a lot  in advance.   

best,
tong

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