[texhax] running makeindex from a tex file (by shell scape)

[Vafa Khalighi]

Can you please tel me why this does not work with pdflatex --shell-escape
test

 \documentclass{minimal}

\usepackage{makeidx}

\makeindex

\makeatletter

\renewcommand\printindex{%

\immediate\closeout\@indexfile

\immediate\write18{makeindex \jobname.idx}

\input{\jobname.ind}}

\makeatother

\begin{document}

This is a test.

\index{Test}\index{Exam}

\printindex

\end{document}
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