General ⇒ Getting the value of the output directory from with Latex

[fundagain]

Hello.

Is there a technique for getting the value of the output directory from within Latex?

Thanks

[cgnieder]

Hi fundagain,

Welcome to the LaTeX community!

One possibility is the currfile package by Martin Scharrer:

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% arara: pdflatex: { options: --recorder }
% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[abspath]{currfile}
\begin{document}
\getpwd\thepwd
\end{document}

You need to run it once with the option --recorder to enable it to write the path to a file with the extension fls. In a second run the data are read from that file.

Regards

[fundagain]

Thank you.

That is perfect.

[fundagain]

I do not think the package currfile will help me with my current problem (although I am pleased to now know about it).

The package currfile returns information regarding the current file.

I seek the package output directory, i.e., the value of the command line option -output-directory.

My package needs to locate an auxiliary file generated by a external tool run against the document and the output directory is the only place to store the auxiliary in an independent manner.

Thanks

[cgnieder]

Ah sorry, I misunderstood the question (or rather answered too fast without thinking ) I'm not aware of a way which doesn't mean there isn't one. I guess LuaTeX could propably provide means but that's really not my expertise...

Regards