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<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>The ‘--aux-directory’ is a convenient flag provided by MikTeX’s version of ‘pdflatex’. This leaves the generated PDF file in the root of the main project, while moving other generated files to the aux directory.</p>
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<p>TeXLive only has the ‘--output-directory’ option, which we know is not quite the same (doesn’t play well with `\include` etc). Can TeXLive developers consider adding this option as a feature request in Tl2020?</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Krishna</p>
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<p>References:</p>
<p><a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/484878/how-to-report-the-output-directory-bug-on-pdflatex-latexmk-on-tex-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/484878/how-to-report-the-output-directory-bug-on-pdflatex-latexmk-on-tex-live</a></p>
<p><a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/96767/mactex-aux-directory-dir" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/96767/mactex-aux-directory-dir</a></p>
<p><a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70425/xelatex-problem-with-aux-directory-and-include-directory-options-on-texlive/70507#70507" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70425/xelatex-problem-with-aux-directory-and-include-directory-options-on-texlive/70507#70507</a></p>
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