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This is less a direct LaTeX question than it is about compiling LaTeX.

I am using eclipse and in my project properties i set Output File = document.pdf . My demoproject compiles and outputs the File.

What i want is to define something like document_$DATE$_$VERSION$.pdf .

I want eclipse to generate the Date and i want my demoproject to set the Version.

\documentclass{article}
\Version{A}
\begin{document}
This is my document.
\end{document}

How would i do something like that?

texenthusiast
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Johannes
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1 Answers1

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I can provide an indirect answer via arara. :)

This rule might do exactly what you want (untested on Windows, but I believe it works):

!config
identifier: renamer
name: Renamer
commands:
- <arara> @{isWindows("cmd /c rename", "mv")} "@{getBasename(file)}.pdf" "@{getBasename(file)}_@{date.concat(version)}.pdf"
arguments:
- identifier: date
  default: <arara> @{(new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")).format(new java.util.Date())}
- identifier: version
  flag: <arara> @{"_".concat(parameters.version)}

I opted for the yyyy-MM-dd pattern, but this can be easily changed. :) The idea here is:

  1. Get foo.pdf.
  2. Get the current date (e.g, 2014-03-26).
  3. Append the date to the filename.
  4. If any version provided via directive, append it as well.
  5. ???
  6. Profit. :)

A quick example:

% arara: pdftex
% arara: renamer
Hello world!
\bye

Running arara:

paulo@alexandria paulo$ ls
vtest.tex
paulo@alexandria paulo$ arara vtest.tex 
  __ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ _ 
 / _` | '__/ _` | '__/ _` |
| (_| | | | (_| | | | (_| |
 \__,_|_|  \__,_|_|  \__,_|

Running PDFTeX... SUCCESS
Running Renamer... SUCCESS
paulo@alexandria paulo$ ls
vtest_2014-03-26.pdf  vtest.log  vtest.tex

If I want to append a version ID:

% arara: pdftex
% arara: renamer: { version: 'draft' }
Hello world!
\bye

And now:

paulo@alexandria paulo$ arara vtest.tex 
  __ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ _ 
 / _` | '__/ _` | '__/ _` |
| (_| | | | (_| | | | (_| |
 \__,_|_|  \__,_|_|  \__,_|

Running PDFTeX... SUCCESS
Running Renamer... SUCCESS
paulo@alexandria paulo$ ls
vtest_2014-03-26_draft.pdf  vtest_2014-03-26.pdf  vtest.log  vtest.tex

There we go! :)

Paulo Cereda
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