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I am using latexmk for the automatic resolution of needed reruns. I would like to put all build files (aux, log, bbl, pdf, etc.) in a subdirectory.

I cannot find an option for latexmk to do this. If I specify -output-directory in the pdflatex rule like this

$pdflatex="pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory=build";

latexmk fails to find the files when doing a second run.

Has anyone found a suitable solution?

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As announced at Use MiKTeX option through latexmk, I've made a new version of latexmk, which supports -output-directory. It's v. 4.27a and can be found at http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/latexmk/versions.html (It'll be on CTAN soon.)

Just use the following settings in your latexmkrc file

$pdflatex="pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode %O %S";
$out_dir = 'build';
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John Collins
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You can use latexmk's -jobname option like this:

latexmk -pdf -jobname=path/to/new/output/newfilename currentfile

and all of the output files will be routed to the directory specified and given the basename 'newfilename'. E.g., all the files associated with processing currentfile.tex will now be in path/to/new/output/ and be called newfilename.pdf, newfilename.bbl, etc. Mind that only relative paths work for security reasons (see comments).

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    Works nicely if a relative path is passed to -jobname. If an absolute path is used the following message from pdflatex crops up: pdflatex: Not writing to /full/path/build/out.aux (openout_any = p). – Nickolay Kolev Feb 22 '11 at 14:47
  • Aha ... I tested it on a relative path (within the current directory) so I missed that. – Kieran Feb 22 '11 at 14:57
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    The failure with absolute paths is for security reasons. You can always use a local symlink pointing to the global directory though. – mforbes Oct 06 '11 at 18:02
  • I've tried this and I still get a .aux file for all tex files that are included in the main.tex file. – Thomas May 23 '23 at 16:29
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As of Dec. 2011 with both MiKTeX and TeXLive you can use

-outdir=FOO or -output-directory=FOO

like so:

latexmk -output-directory="../out"

Source: http://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexmk/latexmk.pdf

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