[Tex/LaTex] Problems with epstopdf, “not found”

epstopdf

I have read a few posts about this issue and tried to follow the fixes in them, but yet to no avail. So I am using TexStudio and TexLive and running pdflatex compiler.

It seems to be a similar issue as this thread.

However following those answers and adding \epstopdfsetup{outdir=./} to solve path issues did not help.

I'll provide an isolated test code to highlight the issue.

\documentclass{paper}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\epstopdfsetup{outdir=./}

 \graphicspath{"C:/Users/XMAWAL/Example/Images/"}
 \begin{document}


\begin{figure}[]
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{image1.png}
\caption{asdfasdf}
\label{fig:1}
\end{figure}


\begin{figure}[]
\includegraphics[]{image2.eps}
\caption{asdf}
\label{fig:2}
\end{figure}


\end{document}

The first picture works out fine. It just seems that the epstopdf doesnt succeed to generate the PDf from the eps. Any ideas why it might happen??

This produces the error message:

 Package pdftex.def Error: File `./image2-eps-converted-to.pdf' not found. ...cs[]{image2.eps}

and the following error log file:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016/W32TeX) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2017.2.15)  13 MAY 2017 15:53
entering extended mode
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 %&-line parsing enabled.
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LaTeX2e <2017/01/01> patch level 1
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Document Class: paper 2008/05/30 1.0l LaTeX document class (wm).
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)
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Package: graphicx 2014/10/28 v1.0g Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
Package: keyval 2014/10/28 v1.15 key=value parser (DPC)
\KV@toks@=\toks14
)
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Package: graphics 2016/10/09 v1.0u Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty
Package: trig 2016/01/03 v1.10 sin cos tan (DPC)
)
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-cfg/graphics.cfg
File: graphics.cfg 2016/06/04 v1.11 sample graphics configuration
)
Package graphics Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 99.

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/pdftex.def
File: pdftex.def 2017/01/12 v0.06k Graphics/color for pdfTeX

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/infwarerr.sty
Package: infwarerr 2016/05/16 v1.4 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO)
)
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ltxcmds.sty
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)
\Gread@gobject=\count89
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\Gin@req@height=\dimen103
\Gin@req@width=\dimen104
)
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/epstopdf.sty
Package: epstopdf 2016/05/15 v2.6 Conversion with epstopdf on the fly (HO)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/epstopdf-base.sty
Package: epstopdf-base 2016/05/15 v2.6 Base part for package epstopdf

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/grfext.sty
Package: grfext 2016/05/16 v1.2 Manage graphics extensions (HO)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/kvdefinekeys.sty
Package: kvdefinekeys 2016/05/16 v1.4 Define keys (HO)
))
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/kvoptions.sty
Package: kvoptions 2016/05/16 v3.12 Key value format for package options (HO)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/kvsetkeys.sty
Package: kvsetkeys 2016/05/16 v1.17 Key value parser (HO)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty
Package: etexcmds 2016/05/16 v1.6 Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands (HO)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package: ifluatex 2016/05/16 v1.4 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
Package ifluatex Info: LuaTeX not detected.
)
Package etexcmds Info: Could not find \expanded.
(etexcmds)             That can mean that you are not using pdfTeX 1.50 or
(etexcmds)             that some package has redefined \expanded.
(etexcmds)             In the latter case, load this package earlier.
)))
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/pdftexcmds.sty
Package: pdftexcmds 2016/05/21 v0.22 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO
)

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifpdf.sty
Package: ifpdf 2016/05/14 v3.1 Provides the ifpdf switch
)
Package pdftexcmds Info: LuaTeX not detected.
Package pdftexcmds Info: \pdf@primitive is available.
Package pdftexcmds Info: \pdf@ifprimitive is available.
Package pdftexcmds Info: \pdfdraftmode found.
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Package epstopdf-base Info: Redefining graphics rule for `.eps' on input line 4
38.
Package grfext Info: Graphics extension search list:
(grfext)             [.png,.pdf,.jpg,.mps,.jpeg,.jbig2,.jb2,.PNG,.PDF,.JPG,.JPE
G,.JBIG2,.JB2,.eps]
(grfext)             \AppendGraphicsExtensions on input line 456.

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg
File: epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for TeX Liv
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(./texstudio_WE8212.aux)
\openout1 = `texstudio_WE8212.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 9.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 9.
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LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 9.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 9.

(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkii/supp-pdf.mkii
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
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\scratchdimen=\dimen105
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)
<"C:/Users/XMAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias Wallin/Images/"hybrid_st
epper_motor_schematic.png, id=1, 507.39563pt x 494.59781pt>
File: "C:/Users/XMAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias Wallin/Images/"hybr
id_stepper_motor_schematic.png Graphic file (type png)

<use "C:/Users/XMAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias Wallin/Images/"hybri
d_stepper_motor_schematic.png>
Package pdftex.def Info: "C:/Users/XMAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias 
Wallin/Images/"hybrid_stepper_motor_schematic.png used on input line 13.
(pdftex.def)             Requested size: 172.5pt x 168.14592pt.
Package epstopdf Info: Source file: <"C:/Users/XMAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesi
s - Mattias Wallin/Images/"microstepping.eps>
(epstopdf)                    date: 2017-05-13 12:19:04
(epstopdf)                    size: 212900 bytes
(epstopdf)             Output file: <./"microstepping-eps-converted-to.pdf>
(epstopdf)             Command: <repstopdf --outfile=./"microstepping-eps-conve
rted-to.pdf "C:/Users/XMAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias Wallin/Images
/"microstepping.eps>
(epstopdf)             \includegraphics on input line 20.
runsystem(repstopdf --outfile=./"microstepping-eps-converted-to.pdf "C:/Users/X
MAWAL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias Wallin/Images/"microstepping.eps)...
quotation error in system command.

Package epstopdf Info: Result file: <./"microstepping-eps-converted-to.pdf>.


! Package pdftex.def Error: File `./microstepping-eps-converted-to.pdf' not fou
nd.

See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.20 ...cs[width=0.5\textwidth]{microstepping.eps}

Using draft setting for this image.
Try typing  <return>  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X <return>  to quit.

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AL/Google Drive/Master thesis - Mattias Wallin/Images/hybrid_stepper_motor_sche
matic.png>] (./texstudio_WE8212.aux) ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
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 23366 string characters out of 6136993
 79835 words of memory out of 5000000
 5190 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000
 4718 words of font info for 18 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000
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Output written on texstudio_WE8212.pdf (1 page, 89925 bytes).
PDF statistics:
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 6 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000)

Best Answer

The log file contains the following lines:

Package epstopdf Info: Result file: <./"microstepping-eps-converted-to.pdf>.

! Package pdftex.def Error: File `./microstepping-eps-converted-to.pdf' not found.

Note the quote present in the file that epstopdf creates (or tries to create, at least). This extra quote is caused by the quote in your \graphicspath.

If your path does not contain any spaces, the quotes aren't necessary and you can simply use \graphicspath{{C:/Users/XMAWAL/Example/Images/}}. If your path does contain spaces, the simplest solution would be to move the images to a folder not containing spaces. Making epstopdf work peacefully with space-containing paths is perhaps possible, but I don't know how.