A complete example:
% arara: pdflatex: {shell: yes}
% arara: clean: { extensions: [aux, bcl, log, synctex(busy) ] }
\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.svg}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="600" height="400" viewBox="0 0 12 8"><path fill="#fff" d="M0 0H12V8H0"/><path fill="#d00" d="M0 0h1V8h1V0H12v1H0v1H12v1H0v1H12v1H0v1H12v1H0"/>
<rect height="100%" width="100%" style="stroke:#999999;stroke-width:5%;" x="0" y="0" fill-opacity="0.0" />