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Is it possible to use a document class from a different folder than the .tex-files?

My documentclass is used in more than 1 document. I want to use the document class for all of them.

In my document I use it like this:

 \documentclass[]{../0_CommonFiles/documentclass}

This produces the warning:

You have requested document class´../0_CommonFiles/documentclass', but the document class provides `documentclass'

But everything works how it`s meant to be.

My Question: Any ideas how to get rid of the warning without installing it to the texmf tree? It shouldn´t be working only on my laptop.

Steven Schneiders
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    \documentclass{documentclass} and put documentclass.cls in ~/texmf/tex/latex/myclass/ or some other directory in the input path – David Carlisle Jan 16 '23 at 17:55
  • Besides following the texmf-standard as David comments, it may depend on your system. E.g. with MiKTeX under Windows I can start the MiKTeX Console, enter the directory at Settings/Directory and finally execute Tasks/Refresh Filename Database. After that a path inside the \documentclass{..} is not necessary: it knows where to find it (if I put it there). – MS-SPO Jan 16 '23 at 19:03
  • As David Carlisle has suggested it is better to save custom classes and packages in texmf directory. To complement his comment you can follow this answer to do it. – Luis Turcio Jan 16 '23 at 19:32

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