How to find .fmt files using kpsewhich

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The normal method for checking where a TeX-related file is employs kpsewhich, for example



kpsewhich latex.ltx


and the command line returns something like



<installation root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx


However, trying the same for a .fmt file gives no output. What is the correct approach?






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    The normal method for checking where a TeX-related file is employs kpsewhich, for example



    kpsewhich latex.ltx


    and the command line returns something like



    <installation root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx


    However, trying the same for a .fmt file gives no output. What is the correct approach?






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      The normal method for checking where a TeX-related file is employs kpsewhich, for example



      kpsewhich latex.ltx


      and the command line returns something like



      <installation root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx


      However, trying the same for a .fmt file gives no output. What is the correct approach?






      kpsewhich







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      The normal method for checking where a TeX-related file is employs kpsewhich, for example



      kpsewhich latex.ltx


      and the command line returns something like



      <installation root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx


      However, trying the same for a .fmt file gives no output. What is the correct approach?






      kpsewhich




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          You need to tell kpswhich the binary which it should 'act like' to find format files. For example, for pdfTeX one might do



          kpsewhich -engine=pdftex latex.fmt


          to yield for example



          <install root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt


          or for any engine with



          kpsewhich -engine=/ latex.fmt





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          You need to tell kpswhich the binary which it should 'act like' to find format files. For example, for pdfTeX one might do



          kpsewhich -engine=pdftex latex.fmt


          to yield for example



          <install root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt


          or for any engine with



          kpsewhich -engine=/ latex.fmt





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          You need to tell kpswhich the binary which it should 'act like' to find format files. For example, for pdfTeX one might do



          kpsewhich -engine=pdftex latex.fmt


          to yield for example



          <install root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt


          or for any engine with



          kpsewhich -engine=/ latex.fmt





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          You need to tell kpswhich the binary which it should 'act like' to find format files. For example, for pdfTeX one might do



          kpsewhich -engine=pdftex latex.fmt


          to yield for example



          <install root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt


          or for any engine with



          kpsewhich -engine=/ latex.fmt





          share|improve this answer














          You need to tell kpswhich the binary which it should 'act like' to find format files. For example, for pdfTeX one might do



          kpsewhich -engine=pdftex latex.fmt


          to yield for example



          <install root>/texlive/<year>/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt


          or for any engine with



          kpsewhich -engine=/ latex.fmt






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