General ⇒ Relocate *.aux ect files

[ChosSimbaOne]

Hi.
I am wondering if it is possible to do so that all the files that are created in the compileing of a latex document, i.e. *.aux, *.bbl etc. is relocated into another folder when the document has been compiled, so that they dont cause so much trouble with updateing and commiting a svn?

Im using TexLive2008 and TexnicCenter as an editor.

Best regards

Mads

[phi]

pdfTeX has an -output-directory command line option.

[ChosSimbaOne]

pdfTeX has an -output-directory command line option.

okay, can you help me on how it work, or a link where i can read about it? I would like to continue to use Texniccenter to compile through, if possible.

[phi]

TeXnicCenter has a configuration dialog where you can set the compiler command line. You only have to add the switch "-output-directory <DIRECTORY>" there. For BibTeX it's a bit more complicated because you have to run it in the output directory, but this can be solved with the BIBINPUTS environment variable.

[ChosSimbaOne]

What dir should i put in?

my project is stored like this;

\LaTeX\
-\scr\ <- all latex files and bibtex
-\pictures\ <- all pictures in the latex document.

what i would like to add to this is a \LaTeX\log\ <- all the latex generated files such as aux, bbl etc.

is there any fancy way to do this so i don't need to change it for every project?

[phi]

sorry, I have only very little experience with TeXnicCenter, try asking in the TeXnicCenter forum

[localghost]

Current versions of the compilers enable line parsing. You can specify the output directory in the very first line of your main file.

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%& -output-directory=../log

Note that the given directory has to be created before compiling. All auxiliary and intermediate files will be saved there.

In TXC you can add this switch (without "%&") to the command line arguments for the compiler as already pointed out by phi. Start TXC, press Alt+F7 and adapt your favorite profile (or maybe all).


Best regards
Thorsten¹