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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/07/2021 9:00 am, Paul A. Rubin
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/23/21 4:14 PM, Rudi Gaelzer
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there a way to instruct Lyx to write certain auxiliary files
into the local directory, instead of in /tmp/lyx_tmpdirxxx?</p>
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Is it LyX or LaTeX (pdflatex?) that writes the auxiliary files? I
suspect the latter, in which case I'm pretty sure the answer to
your question is no. You could create a custom export format and
tell LyX to invoke a shell script (written by you) that would run
whatever LaTeX commands were needed and then copy the selected
files to the local directory (which I believe you can convince LyX
to pass as an argument to the script). That's complicated enough
that you might be better off just writing a script that copies the
target files to the local directory and run it manually after
compiling documents.<br>
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<p>I haven't followed this thread with any attention so may well
have missed the point, but I wonder if LyX's copier mechanism is
what you want? I'm thinking of the script ext_copy.py that comes
with LyX (in Resources/scripts). For example, to copy the *.aux
files back to your document directory from the temp directory, in
Tools>Preferences>File Handling>File Formats select the
format PDF (pdflatex) and in the Copier slot put<br>
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<p>python -tt $$s/scripts/ext_copy.py -e pdf,aux -d $$i $$o</p>
<p>then click OK. Now when you export to pdf by the pdflatex route,
not only will you get the pdf in your document directory but also
any aux files. <br>
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<p>If you want to look at the aux files without the burden of
compiling to pdf, a good trick is to export to Plain text, which
is quick even for large complex documents, and in the Copier slot
under Plain text to enter</p>
<p>python -tt $$s/scripts/ext_copy.py -e aux -d $$i $$o</p>
<p>Notice that only files with the extension aux are to be copied
back. That means the plain text file resulting from the export,
which you are unlikely to be interested in, stays in the temp
directory and doesn't clutter your document directory, but the aux
files do get copied back to there.</p>
<p>Andrew<br>
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