I don't want the .aux, .log and .synctex.gz files when using pdflatex

Question

I just want to have a .tex file which I compile with pdflatex and end up with a .pdf file. I don\'t want all the other .aux

Answer 1

For people on Linux the equivalent to -aux-directory appears to be -output-directory, unfortunately it doesn't play nicely with \include{...} (included files' .aux files still get dumped in the current directory).

See also: the man page.

Answer 2

IIRC \nofiles in your file suppresses the .aux output.

Answer 3

Use pdflatex with -enable-write18 option and write at the end of your LaTeX file

\write18{del *.aux}
\write18{del *.log}
\write18{del *.gz}

or more pricise

\write18{del \jobname.aux}
\write18{del \jobname.log}
\write18{del \jobname.synctex.gz}
\write18{del \jobname.toc}
\write18{del \jobname.loc}

del is a DOS-function. Use rm for UNIX.

Answer 4

Write a shell-script wrapper which removes the files:

#!/bin/sh
pdflatex "$@" && rm -f *.aux *.log *.synctex.gz

Bonus-assignment: modifying the script to only remove the files actually created by pdflatex.