Feature: texify needs parameter to set output directory
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Environment:
- MikTeX: 24.1
- OS: Windows10
Description
According to the help information: texify.exe --help
, there is no parameter for output directory.
Thank you, as a workaround you could pass --output-directory
via the --tex-options
option.
The option is --tex-option
not --tex-options
But, there still is some issue.
Test1
Test command : texify --synctex --pdf --tex-option="-output-directory=./output/" WeeklyReport.tex
The command's output:
TeX option "--output-directory" is not supported.
Sorry, but texify did not succeed.
Test2
Test command : texify --synctex --pdf --tex-option="--output-directory=./output/" WeeklyReport.tex
The command's output:
TeX option "--output-directory" is not supported.
Sorry, but texify did not succeed.
Test3
Test command : `texify --synctex --pdf --tex-option="-out-directory=./output/" WeeklyReport.tex
The command's output:
Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:\Users\Tanzi\scoop\apps\latex\current\texmfs\data\miktex\log\pdflatex.log
Sorry, but "MiKTeX Compiler Driver" did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:\Users\Tanzi\scoop\apps\latex\current\texmfs\data\miktex\log\texify.log
texify.log
:
2024-02-21 17:55:11,970+0800 INFO texify - this process (16316) started by cmd in directory D:\Desktop\Research\Latex.WeeklyReport\2022.11.20 with command line: texify --synctex --pdf --tex-option=-out-directory=./output/ WeeklyReport.tex
2024-02-21 17:55:11,971+0800 INFO texify - running on Windows 10.0.19045
2024-02-21 17:55:11,983+0800 INFO texify.core - start process: pdflatex --synctex=1 -out-directory=./output/ D:/Desktop/Research/Latex.WeeklyReport/2022.11.20\WeeklyReport.tex
2024-02-21 17:55:12,358+0800 FATAL texify.core - TeX engine failed for some reason (see log file).
2024-02-21 17:55:12,358+0800 FATAL texify.core - Data:
2024-02-21 17:55:12,358+0800 FATAL texify.core - Source: Programs\MiKTeX\texify\mcd.cpp:1564
2024-02-21 17:55:12,360+0800 FATAL texify - TeX engine failed for some reason (see log file).
2024-02-21 17:55:12,360+0800 FATAL texify - Info:
2024-02-21 17:55:12,360+0800 FATAL texify - Source: Programs\MiKTeX\texify\mcd.cpp
2024-02-21 17:55:12,360+0800 FATAL texify - Line: 1564
pdflatex.log
:
2024-02-21 17:55:12,282+0800 INFO pdflatex - this process (16504) started by texify in directory D:\Desktop\Research\Latex.WeeklyReport\2022.11.20 with command line: pdflatex --synctex=1 -out-directory=./output/ D:/Desktop/Research/Latex.WeeklyReport/2022.11.20\WeeklyReport.tex
2024-02-21 17:55:12,282+0800 INFO pdflatex - running on Windows 10.0.19045
2024-02-21 17:55:12,284+0800 INFO pdflatex - this is MiKTeX-PDFTEX 4.18.0 (1.40.25) (MiKTeX 24.1 Portable)
2024-02-21 17:55:12,286+0800 INFO pdflatex - allowing known shell commands
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex.core - The command line options could not be processed.
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex.core - Data: optionError="unknown option"
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex.core - Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\TeXAndFriends\webapp.cpp:356
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex - The command line options could not be processed.
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex - Info: optionError="unknown option"
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex - Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\TeXAndFriends\webapp.cpp
2024-02-21 17:55:12,293+0800 FATAL pdflatex - Line: 356
2024-02-21 17:55:12,297+0800 INFO pdflatex - this process (16504) finishes with exit code 1
Test4
Command pdflatex --synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -output-directory=./output/ WeeklyReport.tex
works
Conclusion
pdflatex
needs option -output-directory
, but it cannot be passed to texify
texify
accepts option -out-directory
, but pdflatex
does not.
So, I think it's a bug
You are right, -output-directory
is a forbidden option because it would interfere with the -clean
option. I think, -output-directory
should be allowed when -clean
is not specified.
I think it is possible to work around the missing --output-directory
option:
- change into the output directory
- invoke
texify
with a fully-qualified input file name
I found that replacing texify
with latexmk
is great