latex problems

[Henry Wolkowicz]

I can no longer access latex on poppy. It seems the path has changed. How
should I change my path command? And for a more general question:
how does showpath and searchpath work? What do I do if I want to find
a file but have no idea where it is?
Henry Wolkowicz; Department of Combinatorics and Optimization;
Faculty of Mathematics; University of Waterloo;
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  N2L 3G1 (519-888-4597 office; 746-6592 FAX)
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