At 17:08 26/03/2004, you wrote: > kpsewhich -expand-var "\$SELFAUTOPARENT" > kpsewhich -expand-var '$SELFAUTOPARENT' > >Does \$SELFAUTOPARENT work on Windows? >kpsewhich -expand-var \$SELFAUTOPARENT \e:/tex so, a \ is inserted in front Hans