putting (aux log out toc bbl bib blg) files in another directory with latexmk

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Is it possible to put (aux log out toc bbl bib blg) files in another directory with latexmk?

related question: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/30350/use-miktex-option-through-latexmk — doncherry, Nov 19 '12 at 06:42
Jonas' solution, which is based on a more current version of latexmk, seems superior to me; I suggest changing the accepted answer. — doncherry, Nov 19 '12 at 06:47
@doncherry: Done, but it doesn't yet work with my MacTex installation unfortunately. — Neil G, Nov 19 '12 at 14:51

Jonas Stein · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-03T17:47:19.657

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auxdir is the directory for all auxiliary files but not the PDF file.

latexmk -auxdir=/tmp test.tex should work. You can extend this to autocompile with latexmk -auxdir=/tmp -pdf -pvc test.tex

The manual man latexmk / texdoc latexmk explains more about the auxdir parameter:

-auxdir=FOO or -aux-directory=FOO
      Sets the directory for  auxiliary  output  files  of  (pdf)latex
      (.aux,  .log  etc).  This achieves its effect by the -aux-direc‐
      tory option of (pdf)latex, which currently is  only  implemented
      on the MiKTeX version of (pdf)latex.

      See   also   the   -outdir/-output-directory  options,  and  the
      $aux_dir,  $out_dir,  and  $search_path_separator  configuration
      variables  of  latexmk.  In particular, see the documentation of
      $out_dir for some complications  on  what  directory  names  are
      suitable.

The auxdir parameter was introduced in version 4.39.

edited Aug 03 '17 at 17:47

answered Nov 19 '12 at 05:34

Jonas Stein

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Which versions of latexmk have this feature? I'm on 4.24, and it doesn't seem to exist... – dinosaur Mar 30 '16 at 01:15
@dinosaur V. 4.24 was released in May 2011, the auxdir was introduced in 2013. – Jonas Stein Aug 03 '17 at 17:49
for texlive, you will need to emulate_aux – bert Sep 04 '23 at 11:06

score 3 · Answer 2 · 2012-11-19T07:19:16.167

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I suppose that latexmk also can handle the option output-directory=...

edited Nov 19 '12 at 07:19

answered Dec 25 '10 at 06:40

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can I keep the pdf file in the same directory, or is that too hard? – Neil G Dec 25 '10 at 07:00
I got output-directory working by changing the way latexmk calls pdflatex – Neil G Dec 25 '10 at 07:34
no, all output is affected. I always put a link from my doc directory to the pdf in the outpunt directory. – Dec 25 '10 at 07:51
good idea. – Neil G Dec 25 '10 at 18:10
I think that you might have to use -jobname with recent versions of latexmk. (My version does not seem to support the output-directory option.) – mforbes Oct 06 '11 at 18:33
\jobname has nothing to do with the output directory – Oct 06 '11 at 19:32
@mforbes Current versions do support output-directory as well as aux-directory. – doncherry Nov 19 '12 at 06:46
@Herbert See http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2407/official-capitalizations-of-words-from-the-tex-world – doncherry Nov 19 '12 at 07:25

putting (aux log out toc bbl bib blg) files in another directory with latexmk

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